The Epistle of the Eloquent Clarification Concerning the Refutation of Ibn Qutayba by Al-Q¿¿¿ al-Nu¿m¿n b. Mu¿ammad (d. 363/974) - Critical Edition with an Introduction

This is an edition of an early Shiite/Fatimid Arabic epistle that includes a controversy pertaining to several issues on Islamic law. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 363/974), the most famoust jurist of the early Fatimid period refutes the illustious Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889). In his book Adab al-Katib, Ibn Qutayba claimed that it was enough for civil servants (kuttab) to memorize a few legal formulas in order to be able to effectively do their work without the need of long dissertations on law from jurists. In the introduction to his epistle, al-Nu'man claims that without these dissertations the civil servants would not be able to apply the law correctly. Following this, al-Nu'man launches lengthy dissertations on each one of the succinct formulas listed by Ibn Qutayba. The main argument of al-Nu'man is that the only lawgivers in Islam are the prophet Muhammad and the Imams descendents of Ali (until the seventh Imam).

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Avraham Hakim, Ph.D. (2003), University of Tel-Aviv, is lecturer on Islam and professor of Arabic at the School for Overseas Students, Tel-Aviv University. He has published extensively on the early Muslim caliphate, especially on 'Umar b. al-Khattab.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Avraham Hakim (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Koninklijke Brill NV
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.05.2012
• EAN: 9789004209817
• ISBN: 978-90-04-20981-7
• Seiten: 218
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Serien: Islamic History and Civilizati; Brill
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges