Early Islamic Legal Theory

The Risāla of Muḥammad Ibn Idrīs Al-Shāfiʻī

This book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of Sh?fi 's "Ris?la" and shows how Sh?fi sought to formulate an all-embracing hermeneutic that portrays the law as a tightly interlocking structure organized around defined interactions of the Qur n and the Sunna.

The relationship between JÊiØ's discussion of the bayÊn and that of ShÊÀ{Ò remains puzzling, however, since ShÊÀ{Ò focuses on revealed texts, and JÊiØ on communication. JÊiØ reports the opinion of a certain litterateur (ba{Ó jahÊbidhat ...