On Taqlid : Ibn Al Qayyim's Critique of Authority in Islamic Law
ISBN: 9780199937516 | 0199937516
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/10/2013
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Abdul-Rahman Mustafa offers a deft new translation of a large extract from the book I'lam al Muwaqqi'in 'An Rabb al 'Alamin, by the thirteenth-century Islamic scholar, Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyya. The I'lam comprises an extensive discussion of the subject of taqlid, or legal imitation. It is one of the most comprehensive treatments of Islamic legal theory and even today serves as a manual for mujtahids and muftis.In the portion of the I'lam Mustafa has translated, Ibn Qayyim introduces the nature of taqlid and divides it into several categories. He ... MORE
Abdul-Rahman Mustafa has lived and was educated in Saudi Arabia, England, Pakistan, and the United States. He has studied at the London School of Economics, Oxford, and Georgetown. Before that, he was a Professor of Islamic Law in Pakistan and taught for the University of London external LLB program and also at a traditional madrasa. He is currently working on a number of projects exploring the relationship between law and theology in Islam as well as revivalist movements in the Middle East and South Asia.
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