The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th century) : a textualist theory of Islamic law /

The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th century) : a textualist theory of Islamic law /

In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the Ẓāhirī madhhab . Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Ra'y than to the Ahl al-Ḥa...

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Main Author: Osman, Amr, 1978- (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society 38.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

Subjects:

Islamic law.
Zahirites > History.
Islamic sects.

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Call Number: KBP250 .O86 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī and the Beginnings of the Ẓāhirī Madhhab
  • 2 The Spread and Retreat of the Ẓāhirī Madhhab
  • 3 Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century Baghdad
  • 4 Ẓāhirism between the Ahl al-Raʾy and the Ahl al-Ḥadīth
  • 5 Ẓāhirism, Literalism and Textualism
  • 6 Case Studies
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.