Rigidity Versus Openness in Late Classical Islamic Law: The Case of the Seventeenth-Century Palestinian Muftī Khayr al-Dīn al-Ramlī
Abstract In this study I reexamine some well-known generalizations about Islamic law prior to the impact of the West, e.g., the contention that Islamic law became increasingly closed, based more and more on blind imitation. My examination of the fatwā collection of the seventeenth-century Palestinia...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
1998
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Islamic law and society
Year: 1998, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-195 |
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