Dynamics of Tradition : Islamic Theology and Law in Relation /

This book invites the reader to explore how Islamic theology and law have shaped, challenged, and inspired each other across centuries. What does it mean, for example, when a legal rule embodies theological debates on divine justice? We unpack questions like this by diving into the rich history and...

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Other Authors: Nassery, Idris (Editor), Tatari, Muna (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 57.

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Call Number: BP172

Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • Idris Nassery and Muna Tatari
  • Part 1 Trajectories
  • 1 My Name Is Uṣūl al - Fiqh Ahmad Atif Ahmad
  • 2 Theologies of Divine Speech and the Human Exigencies of Law: a Conundrum for Classical and Contemporary Islamic Legal Hermeneutics
  • David R. Vishanoff
  • Part 2 Mechanics
  • 3 Epistemology and Legal Theory in al-Dabūsī's Taqwīm al - adilla : a Case Study on How Epistemological Assumptions Can Affect Legal Theory, Law, and Theology
  • Serdar Kurnaz
  • 4 The Late Classical Concept of Proof ( dalīl ) and Its Foundationalist and Occasionalist Features
  • Najah Nadi
  • 5 Impact of Theological Attitudes on Legal Thinking: Reason and Maṣlaḥa in the Legal Thought of Muḥammad ʿAbduh (d. 1323/1905)
  • Mohammed Abdelrahem
  • Part 3 Perspectives
  • 6 Al-Shāfiʿī, God's Rule ( ḥukm allāh ) and the Turn to Theology
  • Mohammad Fadel
  • 7 Al-Māturīdī on the Cause ( sabab ) and Human Action between Kalām and Uṣūl al - Fiqh Ramon Harvey
  • 8 ʿAbd al-Jabbār on Good and Evil, and the Divine Law taklīf Maha El Kaisy-Friemuth
  • 9 Failure Becomes the Law
  • Abdul Rahman Mustafa.