Ash-Shafi'i's Risalah: Basic Ideas. With English Translation of the Chapters on an-Nasikh wa-al-Mansukh.
Published by LahoreSh. Muhammad Ashraf ., 1974
- Softcover
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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB
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8vo. (21.5 x 14.5 cm). pp.[xv]+85+[1, bibliography]+[8, ads]+[4, ads]. Publisher's original stiff yellow and red card wrappers printed in black. Some general light shelfwear, generally a very good copy. First printed in 1961, this is the second edition. Al-Shafi'i was an Arab Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, having authored one of the earliest work on the subject: al-Risala. His legacy and teaching on the matter provided it with a systematic form, thereby fundamentally influencing the succeeding generations which are under his direct and obvious impact, and beginning a new phase of the development of legal theory. Being born in Gaza, Palestine, to the Banu Muttalib clan of the Quraysh tribe, he was relocated at the age of two and raised in Mecca. He later resided in Medina, Yemen, Baghdad in Iraq, and Egypt, and also served as a judge for some time in Najran. …
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- Title
- Ash-Shafi'i's Risalah: Basic Ideas. With English Translation of the Chapters on an-Nasikh wa-al-Mansukh.
- Author
- ASH-SHAFI'I; SEMAAN, Khalil I.
- Publisher
- LahoreSh. Muhammad Ashraf .
- Publication year
- 1974
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Seller catalogs
- MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC, RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
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