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Islamic law and culture, 1600-1840
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Islamic law and culture, 1600-1840

Author: Haim Gerber
Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.
Series: Studies in Islamic law and society, v. 9.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This is a study of Islamic law in the final phase of its pre-modern period of existence based on the fatwa collections of two Arab jurists and a Turkish jurist. It re-examines the basic  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Khayr al-Dīn ibn Aḥmad Ramlī; Muḥammad Amīn ibn ʻUmar Ibn ʻĀbidīn; Ḥāmid ibn ʻAlī ʻImādī; Muḥammad Amīn ibn Umar Ibn Ābidīn; Ḥāmid ibn Alī Imādī
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Haim Gerber
ISBN: 9004113193 9789004113190
OCLC Number: 40359265
Description: 156 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Chapter 1 The Historical Background 23 --
Chapter 2 Islamic Law and the World of Social Practice 32 --
Chapter 3 Islamic Law and the State 43 --
Chapter 4 Ijtihad 71 --
Chapter 5 Istihsan and other types of Innovation 92 --
Chapter 6 'Urf (Custom)--The Practical Secularization of Islamic Law 105 --
Chapter 7 The Structure of the Legal Argument 116.
Series Title: Studies in Islamic law and society, v. 9.
Responsibility: by Haim Gerber.

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