Epistle of the Eloquent Clarification Concerning the Refutation of Ibn Qutayba by Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān b. Muḥammad (d. 363/974)

Critical Edition with an Introduction

AvAvraham Hakim

Inbunden, Arabiska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This is an edition of an early Shiite/Fatimid Arabic epistle that includes a controversy pertaining to several issues on Islamic law. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 363/974), the most famoust jurist of the early Fatimid period refutes the illustious Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889). In his book Adab al-Katib, Ibn Qutayba claimed that it was enough for civil servants (kuttab) to memorize a few legal formulas in order to be able to effectively do their work without the need of long dissertations on law from jurists. In the introduction to his epistle, al-Nu'man claims that without these dissertations the civil servants would not be able to apply the law correctly. Following this, al-Nu'man launches lengthy dissertations on each one of the succinct formulas listed by Ibn Qutayba. The main argument of al-Nu'man is that the only lawgivers in Islam are the prophet Muhammad and the Imams descendents of Ali (until the seventh Imam).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-05-25
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:483 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Arabiska, Engelska
Serie:Islamic History and Civilization
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004209817

Utforska kategorier

Mellanösterns historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Islam inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Avraham Hakim, Ph.D. (2003), University of Tel-Aviv, is lecturer on Islam and professor of Arabic at the School for Overseas Students, Tel-Aviv University. He has published extensively on the early Muslim caliphate, especially on 'Umar b. al-Khattab.

Recensioner i media

"The edition [...] is very useful for the scholar of Ismāʿīlī fiqh and for the knowledge of the author's thought and personality."Rosanna Budelli in Islamochristiana 38 (2012).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. The manuscripts1a. MS 1255 – The Zāhid ʿAlī collection1b. The Fyzee Manuscript2. The epistle3. The motivation for the epistle’s composition 4. The date of the epistle’s composition 5. Partial translation into English and analysis of the epistle’s introduction5.1 fol. 2a: The tutor and the Fatimid caliph's sons5.2 Fols 2a – 2b: Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's intervention5.3 Fols. 2b – 3b Ibn Qutayba's legal formulas5.4 Fols. 3b – 4b Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's arguments against his opponent 5.5 Fols. 4b – 7a: The importance of the Jurists' dissertations5.6 Fols. 7a – 8b: The refutation of contemporary Mālikite scholars6. Conclusion: The total refutation of Ibn Qutayba and his Adab al-Kātib7. Editing the textAbbreviations and Bibliography for the introduction