Medieval Islamic Pragmatics

This book deals with two different pragmatic approaches to textual communication: (i) the mainstream approach followed by the ''Ash''ari s, Hanafi s and Mu''tazili s, (ii) the salafite approach followed mainly by the Hanbali s, defended and elaborated by Ibn Taymiyyah. One of the primary aims of the book is to explore and formulate several Muslim legal theorists'' pragmatic theories, communicative...