NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Makruh, Hanafi, Mubah
15 Dec 2015
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Nature and sources of islamic law: canonical law of islam called shari a; comprehensive, authoritative; viewed as fixed code but in reality flexible, sources of the law: qur"an injunctions, general principles, considered infallible; Traditions, or sayings, of the prophet (hadith) various degrees of reliability (depending on isnad, or chain of transmission): sound, acceptable, weak: sunni hadith collections by muslim, bukhari (9th c. ), etc. ; shi"ite hadith collections (=add sayings of ali and imams: to search qur"an and hadith visit www. searchtruth. com. Schools of law/jurisprudence (fiqh: eventually 4 main sunni schools of legal interpretation (named after their 8th 9th c. founders, but real elaboration in late 10th 11th c. ): hanafite most widespread, central. Asia and west asia, northern india; shafi ite egypt, east africa, southeast asia; Malikite north africa; hanbalite near east: founder/systematizer of sunni islamic jurisprudence: muhammad al-shafi i (d. 820, shi"ite school of legal interpretation developed by shi ite imams, esp.
