{"product_id":"9780415338134","title":"Original Islam: Malik and the Madhhab of Madina","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal Islam\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the primacy of Madinan Islam and the madhhab (school of law) of its main exponent, Malik ibn Anas. It contains an annotated translation of \u003cem\u003eIntisar al-faqir al-salik li-tarjih madhhab al-Imam al-kabir Malik\u003c\/em\u003e, which was written by al-Ra'i, a fifteenth-century Andalusian scholar resident in Cairo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea comprehensive section on the scholarly credentials of the great eighth-century Madinan jurist Malik ibn Anas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea detailed examination of a number of theoretical and practical disputed legal issues \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamples of the inter-\u003cem\u003emadhhab \u003c\/em\u003erivalry and prejudice prevalent in fifteenth-century Cairo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean extensive introduction giving background information on al-Ra’i and his life and times. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also highlights the significance of the text for contemporary Muslim discourse, in which both \"modernist\" and \"fundamentalist\" elements often equate the concept of \u003cem\u003emadhhab\u003c\/em\u003e with an outmoded tradition which must be rejected as irrelevant to the practice of Islam in a globalized world. This book aims to put this ongoing controversy about madhhab, particularly the Maliki \u003cem\u003emadhhab\u003c\/em\u003e and its \"pre-\u003cem\u003emadhhab\u003c\/em\u003e\" Madinan origins, on a surer footing. \u003cem\u003eOriginal Islam\u003c\/em\u003e provides access to a hitherto little known area of Islamic law and is essential reading for those with interests in this area. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46256298983665,"sku":"9780415338134","price":233.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780415338134_p0.jpg?v=1764996427","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780415338134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}