The search for God's law : Islamic jurisprudence in the writings of Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī /

The search for God's law : Islamic jurisprudence in the writings of Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī /

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Author / Creator:Weiss, Bernard G.
Edition:Revised ed.
Imprint:Salt Lake City : University Of Utah Press ; Herndon, Va. : International Institute of Islamic Thought, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xxx, 784 pages)
Language:English
Series:Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Studies
Utah series in Turkish and Islamic studies.
Subject:
Āmidī, ʻAlī ibn Abī ʻAlī, -- 1156 or 1157-1233.
Āmidī, ʻAlī ibn Abī ʻAlī, -- 1156 or 1157-1233.
Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction.
Islam and state.
Islam and state.
Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300786
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Other authors / contributors:International Institute of Islamic Thought.
ISBN:9781607819714
1607819716
087480938X
9780874809381
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:In Islam, God is the sole, ultimate lawgiver. Given the absence of a living prophet, all law worthy of the name must therefore be derived from texts that contain divine revelation or possess authority grounded in that revelation. Classical Muslim jurisprudents regarded the effort to discover divine law through these texts exceedingly demanding, since it requires one to grapple with an enormous array of difficult text-critical and hermeneutic issues. Although the Qur'an itself was considered above challenge, other texts had to be subjected to rigorous tests of authenticity, while the meaning of the texts, Qur'anic and non-Qur'anic, became a topic of intense debate. Without an ecclesiastic institution vested with authority to proclaim "correct" interpretations, the development of law through interpretation became a largely individualistic enterprise, though imbued with a keen sense of communal responsibility.
Using Amidi's work, Bernard Weiss explicates and discusses the various issues that define Islamic jurisprudence as an integrated system during the time of this important mainstream scholar. The Search for God's Law presents a lucid exposition of the relationship between sacred text and mundane law. It is the most comprehensive treatment of Islamic jurisprudence yet to appear in a Western language. --Book Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Weiss, Bernard G. Search for God's law. Revised ed. Salt Lake City : University Of Utah Press ; Herndon, Va. International Institute of Islamic Thought, ©2010 087480938X
Table of Contents:
  • The Search for God's Law; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; Part I Postulates; Chapter 1. The Theological Postulates; Chapter 2. The Fiqh Postulates; Chapter 3. The Lugha-related Postulates; Part II The Indicators of God's Law; Chapter 4. The Qur'ān and the Sunna; Chapter 5. The Ijmāc; Chapter 6. The Transmission of Texts; Chapter 7. Commands; Chapter 8. General and UnqualifiedExpressions; Chapter 9. Ambiguity, Lucidity, and Diversion to Nonapparent Meaning; Chapter 10. Implication; Chapter 11. Abrogation.
  • Chapter 12. Analogy: Definition and Conditions of ValidityChapter 13. Analogy: Ascertaining the Occasioning Factor; Chapter 14. The Defense of Analogy; Chapter 15. Istidlāl and the Invalid Indicators; Part III Mujtahids, Muftīs, and Commoners; Chapter 16. Ijtihād and the Mujtahid; Chapter 17. Consultation and Advice: The Mujtahid as Muftī; Part IV The Weighing of Conflicting Indicators; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

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