Chapters on Marriage and Divorce Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh

Name: Chapters on Marriage and Divorce Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh
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ISBN: 9780292776722

ISBN-10: 0292776721

ISBN-13: 9780292776722

Edition: 1993

Authors: Susan A. Spectorsky, Susan A. Spectorsky

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While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam. The introduction to the…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.00" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.990

Susan A. Spectorsky is Associate Professor Emerita of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Compilation of Abu Dawud al-Sijistani



Compilation of Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal



Compilation of Ishaq b. Mansur al-Kausaj


Appendix: The Manuscripts - Description and Critical Notes


Works Cited


Index of Quran Verses


Index of Names


Index and Glossary of Topics and Terms