The Function of Orality in Islamic Law and Practices: Verbalizing Meaning - Hardcover

Souaiaia, Ahmed E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773455671 ISBN 13: 9780773455672

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2006

Synopsis

This work establishes, through examination of primary and secondary literature, that Islamic law is a corpus of accretive ascription fundamentally informed by authoritative precedents and practically preserved in the adaptive oral discourse. The transformed legal tradition, while aspiring to keep the connection between the past (Qur'an and Sunnah) and present (ijtihadic opinions), has remained dependant on orality which ascertained the preservation of the singularly specific and characteristic traits of each school of thought.

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About the Author

Ahmed E. Souaiaia is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Iowa.

Review

"... this groundbreaking work of scholarship forges a[n]...understanding of the Islamic law in its historical context...the author argues most cogently that the Islamic Shari'a is a social construct shaped by the prevailing norms and sustained through the subsequent centuries as a means for sharing and preserving significant information about God, man, and life." - Professor Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, University of Maryland"

Edition details

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0773455671
• ISBN 13: 9780773455672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 388