On Schacht's Origins Of Muhammadan Jurisprudence (Islamic Texts Society)

Description

This in-depth study presents a detailed analysis and critique of the classic Western work on the origins of Islamic law, Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. Azami's work examines the sources used by Schacht to develop his thesis on the relation of Islamic law to the Qur'an, and exposes fundamental flaws in Schacht's methodology that led to the conclusions unsupported by the texts examined. This book is an important contribution to Islamic legal studies from an Islamic perspective.

About the Author

Muhammad Mustafa al-ʿAzami, a leading contemporary hadith scholar recognized for his critique of Orientalist studies of hadith, was born in India in 1932 and educated at Darul Uloom Deoband. He went on to study at Al-Azhar University (M.A., 1955) and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D., 1966). He is Professor Emeritus at King Saud University in Riyadh and chaired its Department of Islamic Studies. In 1980, he was the recipient of the prestigious King Faisal International Award for Islamic Studies. He has also served as curator of the National Public Library, Qatar, and acted as Visiting Scholar, Fellow, and Professor respectively at numerous institutes, including Umm al-Qura University, Princeton University, and St. Cross College at the University of Oxford. His publications includeStudies in Early Hadith Literature,Hadith Methodology and Literature,On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence,Dirasat fiʾl Hadith an-Nabawi,Manhaj an-Naqd ʿind al-Muhaddithin, andAl-Muhaddithun min al-Yamamah. He has also editedAl-ʿIlalof Ibn al-Madīnī,Kitab at-Tamryizof Imam Muslim,Maghazi Rasul Allahof Urwah ibn az-Zubayr,Al-Muwattaof Imam Malik, theSahihof Ibn Khuzaymah, and the Sunan of Ibn Majah.