TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiss,Bernard G.
TI  - The Search for God's Law: Islamic Jurisprudence in the Writings of Sayf Al-Din Al-Amidi
T2  - Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud Series
SN  - 9781607819714
AV  - KBP330 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Utah Press
KW  - Āmidī, ʻAlī ibn Abī ʻAlī,-1156 or 1157-1233
KW  - Islamic law-Interpretation and construction
KW  - Islam and state
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- The Search for God's Law -- Contents -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Introduction -- Part I  Postulates -- Chapter 1. The Theological Postulates -- Chapter 2. The Fiqh Postulates -- Chapter 3. The Lugha-related Postulates -- Part II  The Indicators of God's Law -- Chapter 4. The Qur'ān and the Sunna -- Chapter 5. The Ijmāc -- Chapter 6. The Transmission of Texts -- Chapter 7. Commands -- Chapter 8. General and UnqualifiedExpressions -- Chapter 9. Ambiguity, Lucidity, and Diversion to Nonapparent Meaning -- Chapter 10. Implication -- Chapter 11. Abrogation -- Chapter 12. Analogy: Definition and Conditions of Validity -- Chapter 13. Analogy: Ascertaining the Occasioning Factor -- Chapter 14. The Defense of Analogy -- Chapter 15. Istidlāl and the Invalid Indicators -- Part III  Mujtahids, Muftīs, and Commoners -- Chapter 16. Ijtihād and the Mujtahid -- Chapter 17. Consultation and Advice: The Mujtahid as Muftī -- Part IV  The Weighing of Conflicting Indicators -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
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