Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists (Studies in Islamic Law and Society, 36)

In Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium of Muslim Jurists, twenty-three scholars each contribute a chapter on a distinguished Muslim jurist. The volume is organized chronologically and it includes jurists who represent the formative, classical and modern periods of Islamic legal thought. Each chapter contains both a biography of an individual jurist and a translated sample of his work. The biographies emphasize the scholarly milieu in which the jurist worked—his teachers, colleagues and pupils, as well as the type of juridical thinking for which he is best known. The translated sample highlights the contribution of each jurist to the evolution of both the method and the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence. The introduction by the volume's three editors, Oussama Arabi, David S. Powers and Susan A. Spectorsky, provides a concise overview of the contents. Contributors include: Oussama Arabi, Murteza Bedir, Jonathan E. Brockopp, Robert Gleave, Camilo Gómez-Rivas, Mahmoud O. Haddad, Peter C. Hennigan, Colin Imber, Samir Kaddouri, Aharon Layish, Joseph E. Lowry, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Ebrahim Moosa, David S. Powers, Yossef Rapoport, Delfina Serrano Ruano, Susan A. Spectorsky, Devin J. Stewart, Osman Tastan, Etty Terem, Nurit Tsafrir, Bernard G. Weiss, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi. Biographical note David S. Powers, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Cornell University is the author of Studies in Qur’an and Hadith: The Formation of the Islamic Law of Inheritance (1986); Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500 (2002); Muhammad is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet (2009); editor of Islamic Law and Society. Oussama Arabi, Adjunct Professor of Inter-Cultural Studies, Haigazian University, has contributed a number of articles to scholarly journals and is the author of Wittgenstein, langage et ontologie (1982); Karl Popper, Madkhal ilā al-ʿAqlāniyya al-Naqdiyya (1994); Studies in Modern Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (2001). Susan A. Spectorsky, Associate Professor Emerita, Queens College, City University of New York is the author of Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh (1993); Women in Classical Islamic Law: A Survey of the Sources (2010). Readership All specialists in Islamic legal studies, undergraduate and graduate students studying the Islamic world, and lawyers interested in the development of Islamic legal thought from its inception through the modern period. Reviews “...this book is a significant landmark in the representation of Islamic legal thought and its history. Its scope and scale by themselves demonstrate its monumentality [...]. In conclusion, this volume is a major contribution.” Scott Morrison in The Cambridge Law Journal 73.2 (2014), p. 446-449. “... a major contribution to the field. [...] While the volume as a whole will appeal primarily to specialists in Islamic legal history, the individual chapters are engaging and accessible enough for use in the classroom and by non-specialists.” Jocelyn Hendrickson in Journal of Near Eastern Studies 74.2 (2015) p. 383-386. Table of contents Preface List of Contributors Introduction - Oussama Arabi, David S. Powers, Susan Spectorsky Part 1 - Formative Period (150-261/767-874) Chapter 1. Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150/767) - Hiroyuki Yanagihashi Chapter 2. Mālik b. Anas (d. 179/795) - Yossef Rapoport Chapter 3. al-Shāfiʿī (d. 204/820) - Joseph E. Lowry Chapter 4. Saḥnūn (d. 240/854) - Jonathan E. Brockopp Chapter 5. Ibn Ḥanbal (d. 243/855) - Susan Spectorsky Chapter 6. al-Khaṣṣāf (d. 261/874) - Peter C. Hennigan Part 2 - Classical Period (300-1213/912-1798) Chapter 7. Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321/933) - Nurit Tsafrir Chapter 8. al-Jaṣṣās (d. 370/981) - Murteza Bedir Chapter 9. al-Sharῑf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) - Devin J. Stewart Chapter 10. Ibn Ḥazm al-Qurṭubῑ (d. 456/1064) - Samir Kaddouri Chapter 11. al-Sarakhsī (d. 483/1090) - Osman Taştan Chapter 12. Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) - Ebrahim Moosa Chapter 13. Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (d. 520/1126) - Delfina Serrano Ruano Chapter 14. Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ (d. 544/1149) - Camilo Gómez-Rivas Chapter 15. Sayf al-Dῑn al-Āmidī (d. 631/1233) - Bernard Weiss Chapter 16. Abū Isḥāq al-Shāṭibī (d. 790/1388) - Muhammad Khalid Masud Chapter 17. Aḥmad al-Wanshārīsī (d. 914/1505) - David S. Powers Chapter 18. Ebu’s-suʿud (d. 982/1574) - Colin Imber Chapter 19. Muḥammad Bāqir al-Bihbihānī (d. 1205/1791) - Robert Gleave Part 3 - Modern Period (1798-present) Chapter 20. al-Mahdῑ al-Wazzānī (d. 1342/1923) - Etty Terem Chapter 21. Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (1865-1935) - Mahmoud Haddad Chapter 22. ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī (d. 1971) - Oussama Arabi Chapter 23. Ḥasan al-Turābī (1932 - ) - Aharon Layish References Indices In Islamic Legal Thought: A Compendium Of Muslim Jurists, Twenty-three Scholars Each Contribute A Chapter Containing The Biography Of A Distinguished Muslim Jurist And A Translated Sample Of His Work. Jurists Of The Formative, Classical And Modern Periods Are Represented. Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150/767) / Hiroyuki Yanagihashi -- Mālik B. Anas (d. 179/795) / Yossef Rapoport -- Al-shāfiʹī (d. 204/820) / Joseph E. Lowry -- Saḥnūn B. Saʹīd (d. 240/854) / Jonathan E. Brockopp -- Aḥmad B. Ḥanbal (d. 243/855) / Susan A. Spectorsky -- Al-khaṣṣāf (d. 261/874) / Peter C. Hennigan -- Abū Jaʹfar Al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321/933) / Nurit Tsafrir -- Al-jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/981) / Murteza Bedir -- Al-sharīf Al-murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) / Devin J. Stewart -- Ibn Ḥazm Al-qurṭubī (d. 456/1064) / Samir Kaddouri -- Al-sarakhsī (d. 483/1090) / Osman Taştan -- Abū Ḥāmid Al-ghazālī (d. 505/1111) / Ebrahim Moosa -- Ibn Rushd Al-jadd (d. 520/1126) / Delfina Serrano Ruano -- Qāḍī ʹiyāḍ (d. 544/1149) / Camilo Gomez-rivas -- Sayf Al-dīn Al-Āmidī (d. 631/1233) / Bernard G. Weiss -- Abū Isḥāq Al-shāṭibī (d. 790/1388) / Muhammad Khalid Masud -- Aḥmad Al-wansharīsī (d. 914/1505) / David S. Powers -- Ebuʹs-suʹud (d. 982/1574) / Colin Imber -- Muḥammad Bāqir Al-bihbihānī (d. 1205/1791) / Robert Gleave -- Al-mahdī Al-wazzānī (d. 1342/1923) / Etty Terem -- Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (d. 1935) / Mahmoud O. Haddad -- ʹabd Al-razzāq Al-sanhūrī (d. 1971) / Oussama Arabi -- Ḥasan Al-turābī (1932- ) / Aharon Layish. Edited By Oussama Arabi, David S. Powers And Susan A. Spectorsky. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 533-561) And Indexes. Also Available Online. Contents 5 Preface 9 List of Contributors 11 Introduction 17 Part One Formative Period (150–261/767–874) 25 Chapter One Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150/767) 27 Chapter Two Mālik b. Anas (d. 179/795) 43 Chapter Three al-Shāfi'ī (d. 204/820) 59 Chapter Four Saḥnūn b. Sa'īd (d. 240/854) 81 Chapter Five Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal (d. 243/855) 101 Chapter Six al-Khaṣṣāf (d. 261/874) 123 Part Two Classical Period (300–1213/912–1798) 137 Chapter Seven Abū Ja'far al-Ṭaḥāwī (d. 321/933) 139 Chapter Eight al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. 370/981) 163 Chapter Nine al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) 183 Chapter Ten Ibn Ḥazm al-Qurṭubī (d. 456/1064) 227 Chapter Eleven al-Sarakhsī (d. 483/1090) 255 Chapter Twelve Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111) 277 Chapter Thirteen Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (d. 520/1126) 311 Chapter Fourteen Qāḍī 'Iyāḍ (d. 544/1149) 339 Chapter Fifteen Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī (d. 631/1233) 355 Chapter Sixteen Abū Isḥāq al-Shāṭibī (d. 790/1388) 369 Chapter Seventeen Aḥmad al-Wansharīsī (d. 914/1509) 391 Chapter Eighteen Ebu’s-su'ud (d. 982/1574) 417 Chapter Nineteen Muḥammad Bāqir al-Bihbihānī (d. 1205/1791) 431 Part Three Modern Period (1798–present) 449 Chapter Twenty al-Mahdī al-Wazzānī (d. 1342/1923) 451 Chapter Twenty-One Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā (d. 1935) 473 Chapter Twenty-Two 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī Pasha (d. 1971) 507 Chapter Twenty-Three Ḥasan al-Turābī (1932–) 529 References 549 Index of Qur'ānic Verses 579 Index of Arabic Terms 580 General Index 586