The epistle on legal theory : a translation of al-Shāfiʻīʼs Risālah /

The epistle on legal theory : a translation of al-Shāfiʻīʼs Risālah /

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The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204 H/820 AD), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni...

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Main Authors: Shāfiʻī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, 767 or 768-820 (Author), Shāfiʻī, Muḥammad ibn Idrīs, 767 or 768-820 (Author)
Other Authors: Lowry, Joseph E (Joseph Edmund) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2015
Series:Library of Arabic literature
Subjects:
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction > Early works to 1800
Shafiites > Early works to 1800
Islamic law > Interpretation and construction
LAW > Essays
LAW > General Practice
LAW > Jurisprudence
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism
LAW > Practical Guides
LAW > Reference
Shafiites
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Early works > UNAUTHORIZED
Early works

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