Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology

Hashim Bata (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2023
Brill (Verlag)
9789004536814 (ISBN)

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This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within the post-19th century Shiʿite discourse of uṣūl al-fiqh and considers the preference given by orthodox clerics towards scripturalist methods of deducing and interpreting Sharia law.

This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory). It critically surveys the epistemological underpinnings upheld by post-19th century Uṣūlī clerics that impel them to mainly deduce and interpret Sharia using scripture and literalist hermeneutical methods. An evaluation of these underpinnings uncovers the important juxtaposition that exists between the seminarian discourses of uṣūl al-fiqh and philosophy. The book hypothesises that uṣūl al-fiqh has both space and historical precedence to accept alternative epistemological theories that may enable orthodox Shiʿite clerics to display greater dynamism in deducing and interpreting Sharia.

Hashim Bata, Ph.D. (2012), University of Warwick, is Lecturer in Islamic Legal Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute and Associate Lecturer at University of Birmingham. He has published several articles in the fields Uṣūl al-fiqh and Fiqh.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Ch 1: Introduction to Islamic Legal Theory

Ch 2: The Non-Authoritativeness of Conjecture

Ch 3: The Authoritativeness of Certainty

Ch 4: The Authoritativeness of Substantiated Conjecture

Ch 5: Implications of Legal Epistemology on Ijtihād

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; 53
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	396 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9789004536814 / 9789004536814
Zustand	Neuware