While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)--Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Compilation of Ab D w d al-Sijist n
- Chapter 3. Compilation of Abd All h b. A mad b. anbal
- Chapter 4. Compilation of Is q b. Man r al-Kausaj
- Appendix. The Manuscripts— Description and Critical Notes
- Works Cited
- Index of Qur’ n Verses
- Index of Names
- Index and Glossary of Topics and Terms
