Islam Before Modernity : : Aḥmad alDardīr and the Preservation of Traditional Knowledge / / Walead Mosaad.
This book examines the role of tradition and discursive knowledge transmission on the formation of the ‘ulamā’, the learned scholarly class in Islam, and their approach to the articulation of the Islamic disciplines. The basis of this examination is the twelfth/eighteenth century scholar, Aḥmad ibn...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Modern Muslim World ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Al-Dardīr and the Foundations of the Islamic Educational Paradigm -- Chapter 3. Al-Dardīr’s Sufi-Theology: Synthesis of Kalām and Taṣawwuf Epistemologies -- Chapter 4. Weighted synthesis (tarjīḥ) and al-Dardīr’s Methodology Regarding the Fiqh Tradition -- Chapter 5. Al-Dardīr: ‘Ālim, Sufi, and Intercessor for the Masses -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Translation of al-Dardīr’s Minor Creed -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This book examines the role of tradition and discursive knowledge transmission on the formation of the ‘ulamā’, the learned scholarly class in Islam, and their approach to the articulation of the Islamic disciplines. The basis of this examination is the twelfth/eighteenth century scholar, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Dardīr, an Egyptian Azharī who wrote highly influential treatises in the disciplines of creedal theology, Mālikī jurisprudence, and taṣawwuf (Sufism). He also occupied a prominent role in the urban life of Cairo, and is accredited with several incidents of intercession with the rulers on behalf of the Cairo populace. This book argues that a useful framework for evaluating the intellectual contributions of post-classical scholars such as al-Dardīr involves the concept of an Islamic discursive tradition, where al-Dardīr’s specific contributions were aimed towards preserving, upholding, and maintaining the Islamic tradition, including the intellectual “sub-traditions” that came to define it. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463243814 9783110767001 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110992960 9783110992939 9783110767100 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463243814 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Walead Mosaad. |