The Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law

TRAMA

This volume provides an overview of the nature and scope of the concept of Sunna both in pre-modern and modern Islamic discussions. The main focus is on shedding more light on the context in which the term Sunna in the major works of Islamic law and legal theory across all of the major madhahib was employed during the first six centuries Hijri.

SOMMARIO

  Introduction: The Concept of Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law; Adis Duderija 1.      The Concept of Sunna Based on the Analysis of Sira and Historical Works from the First Three Centuries of Islam; Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort 2.      U?u¯l al-sunna: The Tenets of Islamic Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy According to the Traditionalists (Ahl al-?adi¯th); Ahmet Temel 3.       The Concept of Sunna in Muctazilite Thought; Usman Ghani 4.       The Sunnification of ?adith and the Hadithification of Sunna; Aisha Y. Musa 5.        The Concept of Sunna in the Ibadi Madhhab; Ersilia Francesca 6.       The Concept of Sunna in Early and Medieval ?anafism; Ali Altaf Mian 7.       The Concept of Sunna in the Early Shafi?i Madhhab; Gavin Picken 8.       From Tradition to Institution: Sunna in the Early ?anbali School; Harith bin Ramli 9.        Sunna in the ?ahiri Madhhab; Amr Osman 10.   The Relative Status of ?adith and Sunna as Sources of Legal Authority vis-à-vis the Qur?an in Muslim Modernist Thought; Adis Duderij Contributor Biographies

AUTORE

Nicolet Boekhoff-van der Voort, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Ahmet Temel, Istanbul University, Turkey Usman Ghani, University of Wales Trinity St. David, UK Aisha Y. Musa, Colgate University, USA Ersilia Francesca, University of Naples, Italy Ali Altaf Mian, Seattle University, USA Gavin Picken, American University of Sharjah, UAE Harith bin Ramli, Cambridge Muslim College, UK Amr Osman, Qatar University

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781137376459
• Collana: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: IX, 256 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 256
• Pagine Romane: ix