Early Islam in Medina: Malik and His Muwatta’

Author:   Yasin Dutton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350261860


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   07 October 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Early Islam in Medina: Malik and His Muwatta’


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This book considers the transmission of the Sunna through the lens of the great Madinan legal scholar, Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 179 AH/795 CE), in his renowned book al-Muwatta’, or 'The well-trodden path'. It considers not only the legal judgements preserved in this book, but also the key scholars involved in the transmission of these judgements, namely, Malik’s teachers and students. These different transmissions provide very strong evidence for the reliability of Malik’s transmission of the Sunna. Overriding these textual considerations is the concept of ‘amal, or the Practice of the People of Medina. This is accepted as a prime source by Malik and those following him, but is effectively rejected by the other schools, who prefer hadith (textual reports) as an indication of Sunna. Given the contested nature of ‘amal in both ancient and modern times, and the general unawareness of it in contemporary Islamic studies, this source receives extended treatment here. This allows for a deeper understanding of the nature of Islamic law and its development, and, by extension, of Islam itself.

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Author:   Yasin Dutton
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781350261860


ISBN 10:   1350261866
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   07 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Man and His Family 2. His Teachers 3. The Muwatta' and Its Transmissions 4. The 'Amal of the People of Medina 5. Controversies, Ancient and Modern Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

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Yasin Dutton's Early Islam in Medina is a survey of the traditional as well as modern scholarship on the nature of legal interpretation and practice in early Islam before the consolidation of the formal schools of law. Eschewing complex historical and legal debates that have rendered scholarship on early Islam impenetrable to a general audience, Dutton's text fills a lacuna by offering an accessible defence of the Malikite school and its foundation in Madinan practice rather than hadith texts. * Ovamir Anjum, Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Toledo, USA * A great analysis on the school of Medina and the impact and content of the Muwatta, which is essential to understanding the development of Islamic law in the early period. * Hamza Yusuf, President and Senior Faculty Member, Zaytuna College, USA *


Yasin Dutton’s Early Islam in Medina is a survey of the traditional as well as modern scholarship on the nature of legal interpretation and practice in early Islam before the consolidation of the formal schools of law. Eschewing complex historical and legal debates that have rendered scholarship on early Islam impenetrable to a general audience, Dutton’s text fills a lacuna by offering an accessible defence of the Malikite school and its foundation in Madinan practice rather than hadith texts. * Ovamir Anjum, Imam Khattab Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Toledo, USA * A great analysis on the school of Medina and the impact and content of the Muwatta, which is essential to understanding the development of Islamic law in the early period. * Hamza Yusuf, President and Senior Faculty Member, Zaytuna College, USA *


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Yasin Dutton is Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK, and Emeritus Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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