Yasin Dutton: 2 books
The Origins of Islamic Law
The Qur'an, the Muwatta' and Madinan Amal
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
If the Qur'an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik's Muwatta' is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that becomes Islamic law. This book considers the methods used by Malik in the Muwatta' to derive the judgements of the law from the Qur'an and is...
Original Islam
Malik and the Madhhab of Madina
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Original Islam investigates the primacy of Madinan Islam and the madhhab (school of law) of its main exponent, Malik ibn Anas. It contains an annotated translation of Intisar al-faqir al-salik li-tarjih madhhab al-Imam al-kabir Malik, which was written by al-Ra'i, a fifteenth-century Andalusian scholar...