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The áºÄhirÄ« Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th Century)
A Textualist Theory of Islamic Law
Series: - Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Volume: 38
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In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the áºÄhirÄ« madhhab. Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, DÄwÅ«d al-áºÄhirÄ«, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Raây than to the Ahl al-ḤadÄ«th. Furthermore, Ibn Ḥazm al-AndalusÄ« may have had a damaging effect on the madhhab, which never actually developed into a full-fledged school of law. By examining the meaning of âáºÄhirâ and modern scholarship on âliteralismâ, he challenges the view that áºÄhirism was literalist, proposing âtextualismâ as an accurate reflection of its premises, methodology, and goals as a hermeneutical and legal theory.
Amr Osman, Ph.D. (2010), Princeton University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Qatar University. His publications include Adalat al-Sahaba: The Construction of a Religious Doctrine, and Human Intervention in Divine Speech: The Waqf Rules and the Redaction of the Qurâanic Text.
The ZÄÌ£hirÄ« Madhhab makes an incisive contribution to the history of Islamic law generally and the ZÄÌ£hirÄ« madhhab in particular. Readers should find Osmanâs comprehensive discussion of the origin and development of the ZÄÌ£hirÄ« tradition, as well as his elaborate biographies of DÄwÅ«d al-ZÄÌ£ hirÄ« and Ibn HÌ£azm, rich, lucid and highly informative.
Mourad Laabdi in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 27.3 (2015), 345-347.
DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2015.1108629
Mourad Laabdi in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 27.3 (2015), 345-347.
DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2015.1108629
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: The History of the áºÄhirÄ« Madhhab
Ch. One: DÄwÅ«d al-áºÄhirÄ« and the Beginnings of the áºÄhirÄ« Madhhab
Ch. Two: The Spread and Retreat of the áºÄhirÄ« madhhab
Part Two: áºÄhirism: A Critical Review
Ch. Three: Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century Baghdad
Ch. Four: áºÄhirism between the Ahl al-Raây and the Ahl al-ḤadÄ«th
Ch. Five: áºÄhirism, Literalism and Textualism
Ch. Six: Case Studies
Conclusions
Bibliography
Introduction
Part One: The History of the áºÄhirÄ« Madhhab
Ch. One: DÄwÅ«d al-áºÄhirÄ« and the Beginnings of the áºÄhirÄ« Madhhab
Ch. Two: The Spread and Retreat of the áºÄhirÄ« madhhab
Part Two: áºÄhirism: A Critical Review
Ch. Three: Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century Baghdad
Ch. Four: áºÄhirism between the Ahl al-Raây and the Ahl al-ḤadÄ«th
Ch. Five: áºÄhirism, Literalism and Textualism
Ch. Six: Case Studies
Conclusions
Bibliography
All interested specifically in the áºÄhirÄ« madhhab and generally in Islamic law and legal history, as well as those interested in comparative legal and religious hermeneutics.