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Custom in Islamic law and legal theory : the development of the concepts of ʻurf and ʻādah in the Islamic legal tradition / Ayman Shabana.

Van Pelt Library KBP455 .S52 2010
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
xiv, 246 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Contents:
  • Custom and Islamic law in modern scholarship
  • Normative foundations of the concept of custom in the islamic legal tradition
  • From adah to urf : theological foundations of the concept of custom as reflected in the debate over causality
  • Custom between the theoretical school and the applied school
  • The expansion of legal theory
  • Custom and legal maxims al-qawʻid al-fiqhiyyah
  • Custom and the objectives of shariah, maqid al-shariah
  • Custom, legal application, and the construction of reality.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780230105928
  • 0230105920
OCLC:
613433883

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