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Author:

Awass, Omer, 1971- author.

Title:

Fatwa and the making and renewal of Islamic law : from the classical period to the present / Omer Awass.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Fatwas--History.
Islamic law--History.--History.
Islamic law--History.
Droit islamique--Histoire.--Histoire.
Droit islamique--Histoire.
Fatwas
Islamic law
Islamic law--Interpretation and construction
Fatwas--History
Islamic law--History--History
Islamic law--History
History

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.

Contents:

1. FATWA IN THE PROPHETIC AND POST-PROPHETIC PERIOD -- 2. FATWA IN THE CLASSICAL AGE -- 3. FATWA AND THE FORMATION OF ISLAMIC LEGAL DOCTRINES AND INSTITUTIONS -- 4. THE FORMATION OF AN ISLAMIC LEGAL TRADITION AND THE FORMALIZATION OF IFTĀʼ WITHIN THE LEGAL SCHOOLS -- 5. FATWA IN THE AGE OF THE PREPONDERANCE OF LEGAL SCHOOLS -- 6. COLONIALISM, ISLAMIC LAW, AND THE POSTCOLONIAL FATWA -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Summary:

"Examines the formation, history, and transformation of the Islamic legal discourse and institutions through the lens of a particular legal practice: the issuance of fatwas (legal opinions). Informed lay readers and scholars alike will gain from it an appreciation about the development of the Islamic legal system and its particular legal practices"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1009260901
9781009260909

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1352790677

LCCN:

2022052227

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)