The Zahiris : : their doctrine and their history : a contribution to the history of Islamic theology / / by Ignaz Goldziher ; translated and edited by Wolfgang Behn ; with an introduction by Camilla Adang.

• Superior document: Brill classics in Islam, v. 3
• Author: Goldziher, Ignac, 1850-1921.
• TeilnehmendeR: Behn, Wolfgang.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill classics in Islam ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 227 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Ẓâhiriten.; Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One /; Chapter Two /; Chapter Three /; Chapter Four /; Chapter Five /; Chapter Six /; Chapter Seven /; Chapter Eight /; Supplements /; Annotation 1 /; Annotation 2 /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-216) and index.
• ISBN: 1281936812; 9786611936815; 9047423887
• ISSN: 1872-5481
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ignaz Goldziher ; translated and edited by Wolfgang Behn ; with an introduction by Camilla Adang.

Ignaz Goldziher wrote his book ‘Die Zahiriten’ in 1883. The English translation of this standard work on Islamic jurisprudence appeared in 1971. The book has been in print ever since. This new edition in the Brill Classics in Islam series shows that The Ẓāhirīs has not lost any of its actuality. The individual that adheres to the principles of madhhab al-Ẓāhir, the Islamic legal school, is called Ẓāhirī. Goldziher gives an extensive presentation of the Ẓāhirīte school, its doctrine and the position of its representatives within orthodox Islam. Ẓāhirism accepts only the facts clearly revealed by sensible, rational and linguistic intuitions, controlled and corroborated by Qurʾānic revelation. This history of Islamic theology sheds light on the Ẓāhirīte legal interpretation vis-à-vis other legal schools and gives an interesting insight in questions like ‘are all prescriptions and prohibitions in Islamic law commanded or forbidden?’