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Traditionist-jurisprudents and the framing of Islamic law

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The traditionist-jurisprudents (fuqahā' ashāb al-hadīth) of the earlier ninth century C.E. proposed that Islamic law be inferred from hadith, reports of what the Prophet, his leading Companions, and the Followers had said or done, without significant resort to reason. Contradictions among hadith reports they either resolved by means of isnād comparison or simply let stand, refusing to define the law by their own preferences. Their adversaries the rationalistic jurisprudents ...

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10.1163/156851901317230639

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Oriental Studies Faculty
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Publisher:
Brill
Journal:
Islamic Law and Society More from this journal
Volume:
8
Issue:
3
Pages:
383-406
Publication date:
2001-01-01
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EISSN:
1568-5195
ISSN:
0928-9380
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pubs:69664
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uuid:113dd690-3253-4e98-ada7-21d96c4886dc
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69664
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2015-07-09

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