Ahmed, Rumee.

Narratives of Islamic legal theory [electronic resource] / Rumee Ahmed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource. - Oxford Islamic legal studies . - Oxford Islamic legal studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rumee Ahmed shatters the prevailing misconceptions of the purpose and form of the Islamic legal treatise. Through a subtle interpretation of the work of major Islamic jurists, he reveals how the moral teachings of Islam were translated into a legal context in the critical, formative period of Islamic law.

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Islamic law--Interpretation and construction.

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