The logic of law-making in Islam :: women and prayer in the legal tradition /

"This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal...

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1. Verfasser: Sadeghi, Behnam, 1969-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Zusammenfassung:"This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order to explore these questions, the author examines the decisions of thirty jurists from the largest legal tradition in Islam: the Hanafi school of law. He traces their rulings on the question of women and communal prayer across a very broad period of time - from the eighth to the eighteenth century - to demonstrate how jurists interpreted the law and reconciled their decisions with the scripture and the sayings of the Prophet. The result is a fascinating overview of how Islamic law has evolved and the thinking behind individual rulings"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index.
ISBN:9781139776370
1139776371
9781139779418
1139779419
9780511920509
0511920504
9781139782401
1139782401
9781107529786
1107529786

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