While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is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. The introduction to the translation locates the compilations in a historical context and elucidates how the various issues of family law are treated. An appendix contains a collation of the significant variants among the manuscripts and printed versions of the Arabic texts. The volume concludes with a topical index and an index of names.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-13
9780292776722
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96125952
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh
Author
Not Available
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Theology, Islam, Religious History
Publication Year
1993
Number of Pages
294 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
765g
Additional Product Features
Translator
Susan A. Spectorsky
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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