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The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah - Library of Arabic Literature
Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-shafi'i
The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah - Library of Arabic Literature
Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-shafi'i
Includes a survey of the importance of Arabic as the language of revelation, principles of textual interpretation to be applied to the Qur'an and prophetic traditions, techniques for harmonizing apparently contradictory precedents, legal epistemology, rules of inference, and discussions of when legal interpretation is required.
552 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 4, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780814769980 |
Publishers | New York University Press |
Pages | 544 |
Dimensions | 229 × 160 × 36 mm · 866 g |
Translator | Lowry, Joseph E. |
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