Overview
This book looks at Tabaqat al-fuqaha' al-shafi'iyah by Ibn Qadi Shuhbah (d. 851/1448) and how its author attempted to portray the development of the Shafi'i school of law up to his own times. The volume examines the impact of crises on the formation of the tabaqat genre. It demonstrates how tabaqat, dedicated to explicating religious authority, were used by authors to sort-out challenges to intellectual orthodoxies. It also examines in detail the Tabaqat directly, demonstrating Ibn Qadi Shuhbah's depiction of the development of Shafi'i law, the formation of intellectual sub-schools within the madhhab, the causes of legal decline, and curatives for the decline that are to be found in the great Shafi'i Ikhtilaf (divergent opinion) texts: the 'Aziz sharh al-wajiz by al-Rafi'i and the Rawdat al-talibin by al-Nawawi.
Full Product Details
Author: Kevin Jaques
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 26
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.638kg
ISBN: 9789004147454
ISBN 10: 9004147454
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 28 February 2006
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This book is an important contribution to the study of Islamic law with significant observations about Islamic learning in the period of the madrasa and the self-view of fifteenth century jurists. Yaacov Lev in Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam Volume 34 (2008) This is a serious work of scholarship, which will be of interest to scholars of Islamic law, Middle East history, and Arabic biography. The insights offered by Jaques' book will hopefully encourage other scholars to carry out similar studies on other biographical works, especially ones pertaining to other law schools. Justin Stearns in MESA - RoMES 44.1 (2010).
This book is an important contribution to the study of Islamic law with significant observations about Islamic learning in the period of the madrasa and the self-view of fifteenth century jurists. Yaacov Lev in Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam Volume 34 (2008) This is a serious work of scholarship, which will be of interest to scholars of Islamic law, Middle East history, and Arabic biography. The insights offered by Jaques' book will hopefully encourage other scholars to carry out similar studies on other biographical works, especially ones pertaining to other law schools. Justin Stearns in MESA - RoMES 44.1 (2010).
Author Information
R. Kevin Jaques, Ph.D. (2001) in West and South Asian Religions, Emory University, is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.
