The fatigue of the shari'a / Ahmad Atif Ahmad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmad, Ahmad Atif.

Series:

Palgrave series in Islamic theology, law, and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

Islamic law.

Ijtihād (Islamic law).

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

Summary:

"The Fatigue of the Shari'a" places on a continuum two kinds of debates: debates in the Islamic tradition about the end of access to divine guidance and debates in modern scholarship in Islamic legal studies about the end of the Shari'a. The resulting continuum covers what access to divine guidance means and how it relates to Shari'a, whether the end of this access is possible, and what should be done in this case. The study is based on textual analysis of medieval legal and theological texts as well as analysis of recent arguments about the death of the Shari'a.

Contents:

Truth and fatigue

Open questions

Ijtihad theory

Suppose we forgot the law

The end of jurisprudence

Ijtihad for all

A new picture

Absent good government

Neglected knowledge

Constant interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230340367

0230340369

OCLC:

744287269