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On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence
Author(s): Muhammed Al-Azami (Author)
- Publisher: The Islamic Texts Society
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 1996
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 0946621462
- ISBN-13: 9780946621460
Book Description
This in-depth study presents a detailed analysis and critique of the classic Western work on the origins of Islamic law, Schacht”s Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. Azami”s work examines the sources used by Schacht to develop his thesis on the relation of Islamic law to the Qur”an, and exposes fundamental flaws in Schacht”s methodology that led to the conclusions unsupported by the texts examined. This book is an important contribution to Islamic legal studies from an Islamic perspective.
Editorial Reviews
Review
”This work deserves to find a place not only in the libraries of educational institutions and research organizations but also in the personal collections of every serious student of Islam and Islamic law.”
”For the first time we have work like Azami”s; he has devoted literally years of research to the investigation of hadith and has analysed, tested and passed scholarly judgement on Schacht”s argument step by step, working with actual hadith materials. This book is indeed an effective response to Schacht… Azami has, through this and other works, demonstrated himself to be an outstanding scholar of hadith… he is the most well-versed and learned scholar of the Islamic science of tradition.”
From the Publisher
For the first time we have work like Azamis; he has devoted literally years of research to the investigation of Hadith and has analysed, tested and passed scholarly judgement on Schachts argument step by step, working with actual hadith materials. This book is indeed an effective response to Schacht…Azami has, through this and other works, demonstrated himself to be an outstanding scholar of Hadith …he is the most well-versed and learned scholar of the Islamic science of tradition. (Journal of Near Eastern Studies)
