An Islamic legal philosophy : ibn 'abd al-salām and the ethical turn in Islamic law / Mariam Sheibani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheibani, Mariam, Author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulamī, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd al-Salām, approximately 1182-1262.

Sulamī, ʻIzz al-Dīn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ibn ʻAbd al-Salām.

Islamic law--Philosophy.

Islamic law.

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

Islamic law--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

While many studies of Islamic law have centered on the development of legal theory and substantive law, especially in their formative period of development, Mariam Sheibani instead argues that the rich legal history of the post-formative period and the Islamic legal philosophy that developed in it have been comparatively neglected. This innovative study traces the ethical turn in medieval Islamic legal philosophy through the pioneering work of the prominent jurist and legal philosopher Izz al-Dīn Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām (d. 660/1262). Sheibani demonstrates how Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām advanced a comprehensive analysis of the law's purposive and coherent rationality, articulated in a distinctive genre, with direct bearing on legal doctrine and social praxis. Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām expanded on previous theological and legal reasoning, furthering two ideas developed by Khurasani Shāfiʿīs: maṣlaḥa (human benefit) and qawāʿid (legal maxims). He also sought to embody and deploy the teachings of his legal philosophy for socio-religious reform in Ayyubid Damascus and Cairo, breaking with the dominant formalism of legal practice. The new forms of legal reasoning and writing that Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām developed w

Contents:

The Revival of Shāfiʿism and Intellectual Life in Damascus

Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's Scholarly Formation and the Politics of Patronage in Ayyubid Damascus

Maṣlaḥa in Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's Legal Philosophy

Legal Maxims in Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's Legal Philosophy

The Application of Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's Legal Philosophy in Damascus and Egypt

The Reception of Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's Legal Philosophy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2025).

ISBN:

1-009-58843-5

1-009-58844-3

1-009-58847-8