Islamic jurisprudence in the classical era
"Ten years after his untimely death, Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. At the time he was one among a handful of scholars from the West who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is now under...
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New York :
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Hanafi law on fornication
- 2. Nawawi and the typologies of fiqh writing
- 3. Scholars, muftis, judges, and secular power: the need for distinctions
- 4. The social function of fatwas