| The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Contributor(s): Melchert, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004109528 ISBN-13: 9789004109520 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $173.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 Annotation: The Sunni schools of law are named for jurisprudents of the eighth and ninth centuries, but they did not actually function so early. The main division at that time was rather between adherents of "ra'y and "?ad?th. No school had a regular means of forming students. Relying mainly on biographical dictionaries, this study traces the constitutive elements of the classical schools and finds that they first came together in the early tenth century, particularly with the work of Ibn Surayj (d. 306/918), al-Khall?l (d. 311/923), and a series of ?anaf? teachers ending with al-Karkh? (d. 340/952). M?likism prospered in the West for political reasons, while the ??hir? and Jar?r? schools faded out due to their refusal to adopt the common new teaching methods. In this book the author fleshes out these historical developments in a manner that will be extremely useful to the field, while at the same time developing some new and highly original perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General |
| Dewey: 340.59 |
| LCCN: 97040209 |
| Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.38" W x 9.64" (1.42 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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| Publisher Description: The Sunni schools of law are named for jurisprudents of the eighth and ninth centuries, but they did not actually function so early. The main division at that time was rather between adherents of ra'y and ḥadīth. No school had a regular means of forming students. Relying mainly on biographical dictionaries, this study traces the constitutive elements of the classical schools and finds that they first came together in the early tenth century, particularly with the work of Ibn Surayj (d. 306/918), al-Khallāl (d. 311/923), and a series of ḥanafī teachers ending with al-Karkhī (d. 340/952). Mālikism prospered in the West for political reasons, while the ẓāhirī and Jarīrī schools faded out due to their refusal to adopt the common new teaching methods. In this book the author fleshes out these historical developments in a manner that will be extremely useful to the field, while at the same time developing some new and highly original perspectives. |