Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology /

Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology /

This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī clerics that impel them to mainly deduce and interpret Sharia using scripture and lit...

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Main Author: Bata, Hashim (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 53.

Subjects:

Islam.
Islamic courts.
Islamic law > Philosophy.

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Call Number: KBP430

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Ch 1: Introduction to Islamic Legal Theory
  • Ch 2: The Non-Authoritativeness of Conjecture
  • Ch 3: The Authoritativeness of Certainty
  • Ch 4: The Authoritativeness of Substantiated Conjecture
  • Ch 5: Implications of Legal Epistemology on Ijtihād
  • Bibliography
  • Index.