The Canonization of Islamic LawThe Canonization of Islamic Law tells the story of the birth of classical Islamic law in the eighth and ninth centuries CE. It shows how an oral normative tradition embedded in communal practice was transformed into a systematic legal science defined by hermeneutic analysis of a clearly demarcated scriptural canon. This transformation was inaugurated by the innovative legal theory of Muammad b. Idrs al Shfi (d. 820 CE), and it took place against the

which focuses on the notions of knowledge-culture

Paperback: 162 pages

Author: Asad Ali

It has a special focus on epistemology

The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective

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and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura

The Revival of the Religious Sciences is one of the most authoritative texts in Islamic religious literature

Author: Asma Afsaruddin