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The logic of law-making in Islam : women and prayer in the legal tradition

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The logic of law-making in Islam : women and prayer in the legal tradition / Behnam Sadeghi.
Author
Sadeghi, Behnam, 1969-
Publication
  • Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • ©2013
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xxi, 215 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order to explore these questions, the author examines the decisions of thirty jurists from the largest legal tradition in Islam: the Hanafi school of law. He traces their rulings on the question of women and communal prayer across a very broad period of time - from the eighth to the eighteenth century - to demonstrate how jurists interpreted the law and reconciled their decisions with the scripture and the sayings of the Prophet. The result is a fascinating overview of how Islamic law has evolved and the thinking behind individual rulings"--
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Subjects
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  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index.
Contents
A general model -- Preliminaries -- Women praying with men : adjacency -- Women praying with women -- Women praying with men : communal prayers -- The historical development of Ḥanafī reasoning -- From laws and values -- The logic of law making -- Appendix. The authenticity of early Ḥanafī texts : two books of al-Shaybānī.
Call Number
JFE 13-521
ISBN
  • 9781107009097 (Hardback)
  • 110700909X (Hardback)
LCCN
2012012606
OCLC
784447721
Author
Sadeghi, Behnam, 1969-
Title
The logic of law-making in Islam : women and prayer in the legal tradition / Behnam Sadeghi.
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
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Type of Carrier
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Series
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index.
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