The logic of law making in Islam [electronic resource] : women and prayer in the legal tradition / Behnam Sadeghi.

The logic of law making in Islam [electronic resource] : women and prayer in the legal tradition / Behnam Sadeghi.

9781107009097
9781139782401 (electronic book)

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

English

xxi, 215 p. : ill.

KBP144 .S227 2013

297.3/82082

"This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order to explore these questions, the author examines the decisions of thirty jurists from the largest legal tradition in Islam: the Hanafi school of law. He traces their rulings on the question of women and communal prayer across a very broad period of time - from the eighth to the eighteenth century - to demonstrate how jurists interpreted the law and reconciled their decisions with the scripture and the sayings of the Prophet. The result is a fascinating overview of how Islamic law has evolved and the thinking behind individual rulings"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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