Early Islamic legal theory [electronic resource] : the Ris�ala of Mu�hammad ibn Idr�is al-Sh�afi��i / by Joseph E. Lowry.
Series: Studies in Islamic law and society ; v. 30.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: xiv, 443 pISBN:- 9789004163607 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 9004163603 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 340.5/9 22
- KBP440.62.S53 L69 2007eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-399) and indexes.
Sh�afi��i's concept of the Bay�an -- Two hermeneutical techniques -- Prophetic sunna and hadith in the Ris�ala -- The Qur�an in Sh�afi��i's Ris�ala -- Sh�afi��i's epistemology -- Internal evidence for the Ris�ala's polemical context -- Ijm�a in the Ris�ala -- The Ris�ala and its relationship to mature Uml al-Fiqh.
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