On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence

Download or read book On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence written by Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Aʻẓamī and published by Islamic Texts Society. This book was released on 1985 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth study presents a detailed analysis and critique of the classic Western work on the origins of Islamic law, Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. Azami's work examines the sources used by Schacht to develop his thesis on the relation of Islamic law to the Qur'an, and exposes fundamental flaws in Schacht's methodology that led to the conclusions unsupported by the texts examined. This book is an important contribution to Islamic legal studies from an Islamic perspective.