The Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th century) : a textualist theory of Islamic law / / Amr Osman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787983103321
• Autore: Osman Amr <1978->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden : , : Brill, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 90-04-27965-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 308 pages)
• Collana: Studies in Islamic Law and Society ; ; Volume 38
• Disciplina: 297.1/401815
• Soggetti: Islamic law; Zahirites - History; Islamic sects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised version of the author's doctoral thesis--Princeton University, 2010.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī and the Beginnings of the Ẓāhirī Madhhab -- 2 The Spread and Retreat of the Ẓāhirī Madhhab -- 3 Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century Baghdad -- 4 Ẓāhirism between the Ahl al-Raʾy and the Ahl al-Ḥadīth -- 5 Ẓāhirism, Literalism and Textualism -- 6 Case Studies -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Amr Osman seeks to expand and re-interpret what we know about the history and doctrine of the Ẓāhirī madhhab . Based on an extensive prosopographical survey, he concludes that the founder, Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī, was closer in profile and doctrine to the Ahl al-Ra’y than to the Ahl al-Ḥadīth . Furthermore, Ibn Ḥazm al-Andalusī may have had a damaging effect on the madhhab , which never actually developed into a full-fledged school of law. By examining the meaning of ‘ ẓāhir ’ and modern scholarship on ‘literalism’, he challenges the view that Ẓāhirism was literalist, proposing ‘textualism’ as an accurate reflection of its premises, methodology, and goals as a hermeneutical and legal theory.