Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of Interpretive Reasoning in Ḥanafī ScholarshipUsing examples from Islamic law, Ndembu divination, and Aranda religion, this book argues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them. The bulk of the book outlines how the Ḥanafī school of Islamic law was able to legitimize itself by extending the canonical authority of the Quran to the sunnah of the prophet, the opinions of selected local authorities, and the scholarship of earlier generations. The Ḥanafī example shows that the application of canon is not about overcoming the limits of a "closed" text but rather about imposing limits on a range of interpretations made possible by a variegated and malleable textual corpus. |
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Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of ... Brannon M. Wheeler Limited preview - 1996 |
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Abū al-Wafā Abū Ḥanifah Abū Yūsuf According to Abū Aḥmad al-Dabūsī al-fiqh al-Ḥaddād al-ḥadīth al-Jaṣṣāṣ al-Marghīnānī al-Muwaṭṭā al-Qudūrī al-ra'y al-Sarakhsī al-Shāfi ī al-Shafi'i al-Shaybānī al-Ṭabarī al-Ṭaḥāwī animals aṣḥāb authoritative basis Beirut Cairo canon churinga claim classical schools companions conflict of opinions contents Dār deduced define practice definition of practice delayed delivery dirhems discussion diviner dry measure epitome examples exchange fiqh scholarship ḥadīth Hanafi Ḥanafī authorities Ḥanafi opinions Ḥanafi scholarship Hyderabad Ibid Ibn Abi Ibn Qutaybah ikhtilaf interpret the revelation interpretive reasoning Islamic killing prey Kūfans Laylā logical Madīnah Mālik Medinese Muḥammad Mukhtaṣar Muslim Muwaṭṭā Ndembu opin opinion of Abū penalty permitted postclassical scholarship prac prayer precedent principle prophetic practice qiyās Qur'ān reports of prophetic sacralized person sacred area Schacht scholars second century Shafi'i sharḥ specific statement sunnah text-based epistemology textual thority tice tion Umar uṣūl Yaḥyā Yusuf Zufar