Fatwa and the Making and Renewal of Islamic Law - From the Classical Period to the Present

"Examines the formation, history, and transformation of the Islamic legal discourse and institutions through the lens of a particular legal practice: the issuance of fatwas (legal opinions). Informed lay readers and scholars alike will gain from it an appreciation about the development of the Islamic legal system and its particular legal practices"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Fatwa in the prophetic and post-prophetic period; 2. Fatwa in the classical age; 3. Fatwa and the formation of Islamic legal doctrines and institutions; 4. The formation of an Islamic legal tradition and the formalization of Ift¿ within the legal schools; 5. Fatwa in the age of the preponderance of legal schools; 6. Colonialism, Islamic law, and the postcolonial Fatwa; Conclusion.

About the author

Omer Awass is Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at American Islamic College.

Product details

• Authors: Omer Awass, Omer (American Islamic College Awass
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009260909
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0926090-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, LAW / Legal History, Middle East, Islamic Law, Legal History, Middle Eastern history, Islamic countries, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, HISTORY / Islamic