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Rethinking Islamic Legal Modernism : The Teaching of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi.

Shaham, Ron.

Rethinking Islamic Legal Modernism : The Teaching of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series ; v.45 . - Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Rashid Rida and Academic Criticism of His Juristic Thought -- Chapter 2 Qaradawi's Program for the Renovation of Islamic Law -- Chapter 3 The Proper Use of the Classical Sources of Islamic Jurisprudence in the Modern Age -- Chapter 4 The Role of Maṣlaḥa in Qaradawi's Legal Theory -- Chapter 5 Case Study I-Polygyny -- Chapter 6 Case Study II-The Impact of a Western Wife's Conversion to Islam on the Validity of Her Marriage to Her Non-Muslim Husband -- Chapter 7 Case Study III-Politics and Gender: Women in Roles of Political Leadership -- Conclusion: Qaradawi's Juristic Thought and Practice in Historical Perspective -- Bibliography -- General Index.

In Rethinking Islamic Legal Modernism Ron Shaham presents Yusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926) as a genuine student of Rashid Rida (d. 1935) and offers an extensive analysis of Qaradawi's Wasati theory of ijtihad and its application in his legal opinions (fatwas).

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Qaraḍāwī, Yūsuf-Criticism and interpretation.
Islamic law.


Electronic books.

BP80.Q357 .S534 2018

297.81092

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