Shah Wali Allah's Treatises on Islamic Law

Shah Wali Allah's Treatises on Islamic Law : Ikhtilaf, Ijtihad, and Taqlid,
[A5] Paperback - 185 pages,
by Shah Wali Allah Muhaddith al-Dihlawi,
Translated into English by Marcia Hermansen,
Published by Fons Vitae, USA.



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Al-In af fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf and
Iqd al-Jid fi A kam al-Ijtihad wa-l Taqlid


These new scholarly translations of Shah Wali Allah’s, may Allah be pleased with him, two important treatises on Islamic Law provide access to important debates on authority and reform in Islamic legal reasoning.


The question of ijtihad (independent critical reasoning) vs. taqlid (adherence to the classical schools and rulings of Islamic law) continues to inform contemporary discussions of how Muslims as individuals and in their institutions and practice, can maintain fidelity and authenticity, while addressing the compelling issues of the present age.
 

Shah Wali Allah’s balanced approach to questions of juristic disagreement, utilises historical context and critical interpretive method to model an approach to questions of Islamic law and practice that is simultaneously traditional and skillfully adaptive.



Reviews :  '' With nuance, elegance and sophistication, Professor Marcia Hermansen  has once again made available to English.-speaking readers some of the most important texts of a leading eighteenth century Indian scholar with pan-Islamic connections, Shah Wali Allah. This translation allows practitioners of Islam and scholars alike to examine the debates and polemics that address the question of creativity in the realm of Muslim moral thought.'' ---Ebrahim Moosa, Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Religion, Duke University.



'' This book is an important translation of key texts on Islamic law by Shah Wali Allah, undoubtedly one of the major Muslim thinkers of early modern times. It will be welcomed as a substantial contribution to Islamic studies.'' ---Carl W. Ernst, William R. Kenan, Jr.,  Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.




Dr. Marcia Hermansen is Director of the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago where she teaches courses in Islamic Studies and Religious Studies in the Theology Department. She received her Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In the course of her research and language training she lived for extended periods in Egypt, Jordan, India, Iran, Turkey and Pakistan and she conducts research in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Turkish as well as the major European languages.


Her book, The Conclusive Argument from God, a study and translation (from Arabic) of Shah Wali Allah of Delhi’s, Hujjat Allah al-Baligha was published in 1996. She is co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2003).


Dr. Hermansen has contributed numerous academic articles in the fields of Islamic Thought, Sufism, Islam and Muslims in South Asia, Muslims in America, and Women and Gender in Islam.





Table of Contents :


---Foreword by Moosa, Ebrahim,
---Translator's Introduction by Hermansen, Marcia,


Doing Justice in Explaining the Cause of Juristic Disagreement -
Al-lnsaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
,

---Shah Wali Allah's Preface,

---Chapter [1]. The Causes for the Disagreement of the Companions and Followers Concerning Positive Law (al-Furu'),
---Chapter [2]. The Causes for Disagreement among the Legal Schools of the Jurists,
---Chapter [3]. Causes for the Disagreement Between the People of the Hadith and Scholars who Exercise Personal Opinion,
---Chapter [4]. Account of Developments before the Fourth Century,
---Chapter [5]. Account of Developments which Took Place After the Fourth Century.

---Index of Qur'an and Hadith Citations.


Chaplet Regarding the Rules of Ijtihad and Taqlid -
Ìqd al-Jid fi Ahkam al-Ijtihad wa-l-Taqid
,

---Shah Wali Allah's Preface,

---Chapter [1]. The true nature of Ijtihad and its Prerequisites and Types,
---Chapter [2]. Juristic Disagreement among Mujtahids,
---Chapter [3]. Reinforcing staying within the four legal schools and severe stricture against abandoning them or going outside of them,
---Chapter [4]. Disagreements regarding following the four legal schools and the extent to which this is obligatory,
---Chapter [5]. Maintaining Balance in Taqlid.

---Index of Qur'an and Hadith Citations,
---Bibliography,
---General Index,
---Names Index,
---Works Cited Index.














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