1st Edition
Legal Authority in Premodern Islam Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law
By Fachrizal A. Halim
Copyright 2015
152 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering a detailed analysis of the structure of authority in Islamic law, this book focuses on the figure of Yahyā b. Sharaf al-Nawawī, who is regarded as the chief contributor to the legal tradition known as the Shāfi'ī madhhab in traditional Muslim sources, named after Muhammad b. Idrīs al-Shāfi'ī (d. 204/820), the supposed founder of the school of law. Al-Nawawī’s legal authority is... Read more
Introduction 1 The Biography of Al-Nawawi 2 the reception of Al-Nawai and his Legacy to Later Shafi’ite Jurists 3 The Tariqa of the Iraqians and the Khurasanians in the Shafi’I School of Law 4 the Canonization of the School’s Doctrines 5 The Vindication of the Shafi’I Madhhab and its Principles Conclusion
Biography
Fachrizal A. Halim teaches at Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State Islamic University (UIN), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Prior to joining UIN, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Islamic Legal Studies Program, at the Harvard Law School. He taught at Université de Montréal and Collège Marie-Victorin in Montreal.
