Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory: The Development of the Concepts of ?Urf and ??dah in the Islamic Legal Tradition

Shabana, Ayman

This book explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and seeks to uncover the role of custom in the construction of legal rulings. On a deeper level, however, it deals with the perennial problem of change and continuity in the Islamic legal tradition (or any tradition for that matter).

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230105928

DOI: 10.1057/9780230117341

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 246.0