The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah by Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-Shafi'i

The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i's Risalah

Muhammad Ibn Idris Al-Shafi'i with Joseph E. Lowry (Translator)

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The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204/820), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal t...

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