“Why Study Uṣūl al-Fiqh?”: The Problem of Taqlīd and Tough Cases in 4th-5th /10th-11th Century Iraq
Abstract The function of uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory) within classical Islamic law has been the object of protracted debate. Based on the writings of Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī (d.476/1083), I propose that uṣūl al-fiqh served two pedagogical purposes within the Iraqi legal community of the 4th/10th and 5th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-31 |
| Further subjects: | B
ijtihād
B Taqlid B Uṣūl al-fiqh B al-Shīrāzī B Fiqh B masāʾil al-khilāf |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |