{"product_id":"disagreements-of-the-jurists-a-manual-of-islamic-legal-theory-9780814763759","title":"Disagreements of the Jurists: A Manual of Islamic Legal Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful overview of Islamic law and its diversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl-Qadi al-Nu'man was the chief legal theorist and ideologue of the North African Fatimid dynasty in the tenth century. This translation makes available in English for the first time his major work on Islamic legal theory, which presents a legal model in support of the Fatimids' principle of legitimate rule over the Islamic community. Composed as part of a grand project to establish the theoretical bases of the official Fatimid legal school, \u003ci\u003eDisagreements of the Jurists\u003c\/i\u003e expounds a distinctly Shi'i system of hermeneutics, which refutes the methods of legal interpretation adopted by Sunni jurists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work begins with a discussion of the historical causes of jurisprudential divergence in the first Islamic centuries, and goes on to address, point by point, the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory, arguing that they are both illegitimate and ineffective. While its immediate mission is to pave the foundation of the legal Isma'ili tradition, the text also preserves several Islamic legal theoretical works no longer extant--including Ibn Dawud's manual, \u003ci\u003eal-Wusul ila ma'rifat al-usul\u003c\/i\u003e--and thus throws light on a critical stage in the historical development of Islamic legal theory (\u003ci\u003eusul al-fiqh\u003c\/i\u003e) that would otherwise be lost to history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA bilingual Arabic-English edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Al-Qāḍ Al-Nuʿmān\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of Arabic Literature #53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814763759","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175673749641,"sku":"9780814763759","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_cbf1f0f8-f2cc-4a0d-97ce-6caf6f3241b9.jpg?v=1768891697","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/disagreements-of-the-jurists-a-manual-of-islamic-legal-theory-9780814763759","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}