The Risāla of al-Shāfiʿī (d. 204/820), the earliest preserved work of Islamic legal theory, has been understood in previous scholarship as either the elaboration of a hierarchy of sources of law (Qurʾān, Sunna, consensus, and analogical reasoning) or an extended defense of the Sunna. Through a careful rereading of this celebrated text, this book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of …
Analysing the spread and survival of Islamic legal ideas and commentaries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean littorals, Islamic Law in Circulation focuses on Shāfiʿīsm, one of the four Sunnī schools of Islamic law. It explores how certain texts shaped, transformed and influenced the juridical thoughts and lives of a significant community over a millennium in and between Asia,…
Perbedaan dan persamaan antara Hukum Islam dengan Hukum Barat menarik untuk dikaji. Secara umum, uraian buku ini menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan mendasar antara Hukum Islam dengan Hukum Barat. Kajian Hukum Barat menggunakan paradigma antroposentris, sehingga formulasi hukumnya lebih ditentukan oleh kondisi sosial, politik, ekonomi, dan budaya dan mengabaikan aspek transenden yang esoteris. Pada…