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Author:   Joseph Lowry
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   30
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.848kg
ISBN:  

9789004163607

ISBN 10:   9004163603
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   25 December 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Shafi'i's Concept of the Bayan I. Introduction II. The Idea at the Heart of the Risala: Shafi'i's Concept of the Bayan III. The Bayan and the Structure of the Risala IV. Previous Scholarly Accounts of Shafi'i's Notion of the Bayan V. The Reception of Shafi'i's Concept of the Bayan VI. Conclusion Chapter 2: Hermeneutical Techniques I. Introduction II. General Hermeneutical Terms and Principles III. Hermeneutical Rubrics Describing Source Interaction IV. Hermeneutical Rubrics Specific to the Hadith V. Ijtihad and Qiyas VI. Conclusion Chapter 3: Prophetic Sunna and Hadith in the Risala I. Introduction II. The Authority of the Sunna III. The Khabar al-Wahid and its Wider Implications IV. Conclusion Chapter 4: The Qur'an in Shafi'i's Risala I. Introduction II. Shafi'i's Discussion of the Qur'an III. Shafi'i's Use of the Qur'an IV. Conclusion Chapter 5: Shafi'i's Epistemology I. Introduction II. Shafi'i's Concept of Knowledge ('Ilm) III. Objectively Correct Answers IV. Shafi'i's Epistemological Dualism V. Conclusion Chapter 6: Internal Evidence for the Risala's Polemical Context I. Introduction II. Dramatis Personae III. The Risala as Theological Polemic IV. Conclusion Chapter 7: Ijma' in the Risala I. Introduction II. Previous Conceptions of Ijma' III. The Authority of Ijma' and its Relationship to the Sunna IV. Ijma' as a Tool of Legal Reasoning V. Example Problems in which Shafi'i Appeals to ijma' VI. Schacht and Calder on Ijma' in Shafi'i's Legal Thought VII. Conclusion Conclusion: The Risala and its Relationship to Mature Usul al-Fiqh Appendix Bibliography Indices

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Joseph E. Lowry, Ph.D. (1999) in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published on Islamic law and Arabic literat

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