Hermeneutics in the Genre of Mukhtaṣar

Historically, mukhtaṣar (abridged) works have played a significant role in the Islamic tradition as easy-to-memorize legal manuals. They concisely condense the corpus juris in all its enormous detail and outline the basic structure of the law around legal maxims and principles. In fact, as early as...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:36884b5dfd754f20a5d79fe23be80c4a2021-12-02T19:22:46ZHermeneutics in the Genre of Mukhtaṣar10.35632/ajis.v37i1-2.7212690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/36884b5dfd754f20a5d79fe23be80c4a2020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/721https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Historically, mukhtaṣar (abridged) works have played a significant role in the Islamic tradition as easy-to-memorize legal manuals. They concisely condense the corpus juris in all its enormous detail and outline the basic structure of the law around legal maxims and principles. In fact, as early as the fourth/tenth century, every school had already selected a mukhtaṣar, not only as a standard pedagogical manual but also as an authoritative survey of its substantive law. Despite its importance as a legal genre, however, few scholars have singled out the mukhtaṣar as a single unit of analysis nor studied its role in shaping and systemizing Islamic law. To read the full book review, download the PDF file on the right. Umar ShareefInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticlemukhtaṣarHermeneuticsHusain Kassimcivil lawcommercial lawIslamic lawIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 37, Iss 1-2 (2020)
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topic mukhtaṣar
Hermeneutics
Husain Kassim
civil law
commercial law
Islamic law
Islam
BP1-253
spellingShingle mukhtaṣar
Hermeneutics
Husain Kassim
civil law
commercial law
Islamic law
Islam
BP1-253
Umar Shareef
Hermeneutics in the Genre of Mukhtaṣar
description Historically, mukhtaṣar (abridged) works have played a significant role in the Islamic tradition as easy-to-memorize legal manuals. They concisely condense the corpus juris in all its enormous detail and outline the basic structure of the law around legal maxims and principles. In fact, as early as the fourth/tenth century, every school had already selected a mukhtaṣar, not only as a standard pedagogical manual but also as an authoritative survey of its substantive law. Despite its importance as a legal genre, however, few scholars have singled out the mukhtaṣar as a single unit of analysis nor studied its role in shaping and systemizing Islamic law. To read the full book review, download the PDF file on the right.
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