In this path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic law. Hallaq demonstrates that it was the construction of the absolutist authority of the school founder, an image which he suggests was actually developed later in history, that maintained
Authority, continuity, and change in Islamic law
โ Scribed by Hallaq, Wael B., 1955-
- Publisher
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
xiv, 269 pages ; 24 cm
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