''Abd Al-Rahman B. ''Amr Al-Awza''i

List of contents

Foreword

Introduction

Al-Awza‘i’s Biography



1 THE SOURCES

2 AL-AWZA‘I’S JURISPRUDENCE

Law in the Formative Period of Islam

Al-Awza‘i’s Fiqh

Evaluating Al-Awza‘i as a Legal Scholar

3 AL-AWZA‘I’S SCHOLARLY MILIEU

Pro-Umayyad Friends and Rivals

The Hanafis: Al-Awza‘i’s Foes

The Malikis

4 AL-AWZA‘I’S THEOLOGY

Damascus as a Theological Center

Al-Awza‘i’s Theological Views

Al-Awza‘i and the Qadarites

Conclusions: Al-Awza‘i’s Theology

5 AL-AWZA‘I AND THE POLITICAL ELITE

Al-Awza‘i and the Umayyads

Surviving the Fall of the Umayyads and the Abbasid Revolution

Al-Awza‘i and the Abbasids

Al-Awza‘i’s Post-Revolutionary Life

Conclusion: Evaluating Al-Awza‘i as a Political Figure

6 AL-AWZA‘I’S LEGACY

Al-Awza‘i’s Students

Al-Awza‘i’s Regional Persistence

Al-Awza‘i’s Legal Legacy

Al-Awza‘i in Modern Times

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Steven Judd is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been studying early Islamic law and theology, especially during the Umayyad period, for over twenty years, and is the author of Religious Scholars and the Umayyads. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Product details

• Authors: Steven C. Judd
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2019
• EAN: 9781786076854
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-685-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Makers of the Muslim World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, RELIGION / Islam / History, Theology, Islamic Studies, History of Religion, Islamic Law, Middle Eastern history, Islamic Theology, Islamic countries, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic