Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-399) and indexes.
Contents:
Shāfiʻī's concept of the Bayān -- Two hermeneutical techniques -- Prophetic sunna and hadith in the Risāla -- The Qurān in Shāfiʻī's Risāla -- Shāfiʻī's epistemology -- Internal evidence for the Risāla's polemical context -- Ijmā in the Risāla -- The Risāla and its relationship to mature Uml al-Fiqh.
Series:
Studies in Islamic law and society, 1384-1130 ; v. 30
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