Author
Ibn al-Firkāḥ, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, -1291., Vishanoff, David R., 1968- author.
Publication Date
2022
Publication Place
Indianapolis, Indiana -
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Subject
Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction, Shafiites
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
260
Physical Dimensions
22 cm
Library
Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID
LC : 2021946226, ISBN : 9781647920586, ISBN : 1647920418, ISBN : 9781647920418, ISBN : 1647920582, OCLC : (OCoLC)1292971432, ISBN : 1647920590
Record ID
alma9933109277103768
Library Location
Available at WU - Olin Library Stacks (KBP440.62.I43 V57 2022)
Date
2022
Notes
Includes appendix: Critical edition of Ibn al-Firkāḥ's Arabic text., Includes bibliographical references., Primarily in English. Includes Arabic text of Al-Juwayni's Waraqat with English translation in parallel columns, and critical edition of the text in an appendix.
Sample Text
• Legal science and its roots
• Legal values
• Knowledge and its opposites
• Subdivisions of the discipline of legal theory
• Types of speech
• Commands and prohibitions
• General and particular expressions
• Summarized, clarified, apparent, and reinterpreted speech
• The actions of the Prophet as a form of revelation
• Abrogating and abrogated speech
• Section on contradictions
• Consensus
• Reports from the prophet
• Reasoning by analogy
• Forbiddance and permission
• The prioritizing of evidence
• Characteristics of the issuer of legal opinion and the seeker of legal opinion
• The status of those who engage in diligent inquiry.