Origins of Islamic Law
If the Qur''an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik''s Muwatta'' is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that becomes Islamic law. This book considers the methods used by Malik in the Muwatta'' to derive the judgements of the law from the Qur''an and is thus concerned on one level with the finer details of Qur''anic interpretation. However, since a...
If the Qur''an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik''s Muwatta'' is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that becomes Islamic law. This book considers the methods used by Malik in the Muwatta'' to derive the judgements of the law from the Qur''an and is thus concerned on one level with the finer details of Qur''anic interpretation. However, since a...
