Shatibis Philosophy Of Islamic Law - Hardcover

Islamic Legal Philosophy: A Study of Abu Ishaq Al Shatibis Life and Thought. Particularly the idea of Maslaha which is the focal point of his legal philosophy Maqasid al Shari'a "... A welcome contribution to the small number of English language works on Islamic legal theory, and it is a work which all libraries that have an interest in Islamic studies and cognate areas, should acquire." Frequent references are made to Shatibi's works Al-Muwafaqat fil Usul al-Shari'ah Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi al-Maliki (d. 790) grew up in Granada Muslim Spain and died in the year 790 Hijri He is one of the foundational scholars of Usul al-fiqh or methodology of law whose books, like al-Ghazali's, are required reading in that field, he laid great emphasis on the requirement of complete knowledge and erudition in the Arabic language, not merely correct understanding, for those who practice ijtihad. In his book al-Muwafaqat fi usul al-shari`a (The congruences of the sources of the Divine Law) he held that the language of the Qur'an and the Sunna is the key to the comprehension of such scholars, and that the ijtihad of anyone deficient in this respect was unacceptable. Since the opinion of the mujtahid is a hujja or proof for the common person, this degree of authority necessitates direct access to the sources and full competence in Dr Muhammad Khalid Masud (born in 1939) has contributed a large number of research papers on subjects relating to Islamic Law and social change to academic journals of Repute This is an Imported Book so it is possible that the Cover could be slightly bruised due to transportation etc