Customary Practices as Exigencies in Islamic Law: Between a Source of Law and a Legal Maxim

Abstract I offer a corrective to Libson’s view that customs made their way into Islamic law in the formative period only through the ḥadīth and ijmāʿ genres. I argue that custom was incorporated into the law through the legal methodologies of Abū Ḥanīfa and Mālik. Due to the success of al-Shāfiʿī’s...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Ahmed Fekry (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Oriens
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 222-261
Further subjects:B practice of Medina
B social custom
B Custom
B judicial custom
B legal maxims
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