The formation of the Sunni schools of law, 9th-10th centuries C.E / / Christopher Melchert.

• Superior document: Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series ; v.4
• VerfasserIn: Christopher Melchert,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL Academic Publishers,, 2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 244 pages)

Melchert traces the emergence of jurisprudence by ḥadīth, the personalization of the old regional schools in response, and finally the emergence of the classical, guild schools, with regular means of forming students, in the early tenth century.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Transliteration and Dates -- Introduction -- Islamic Law and the madhhab -- The Formation of Schools of Law: Previous Studies -- The Formation of Schools of Law: The Plan of This Study -- Chapter One: The Traditionalists of Iraq -- The Split Between aṣḥāb al-ḥadīth and aṣḥāb al-ra'y -- Reasons for the Split -- The Juridical Program of the Traditionalists -- Mudhākarah -- Disadvantages of Traditionalist Jurisprudence -- Chapter Two: From Regional Schools to Personal -- From the Kufan School to the Ḥanafi -- From the Hijazi to the Māliki -- The Basran School of ra'y -- Chapter Three: The Ḥanafi School of the Later Ninth Century -- The Traditionalization of Ḥanafi Jurisprudence -- The Traditionalization of Ḥanafi Theology -- The Growth of a Commentary Literature -- Commentaries on al-Jāmi' al-ṣaghīr -- Commentaries on al-Jāmi' al-kabīr -- Chapter Four: The Ninth-Century Shāfi'i School of Law and Theology -- The Semi-Rationalist Party -- Al-Shāfi'ī Between Rationalism and Traditionalism -- The Disciples of al-Shāfi'ī in Baghdad -- Other Baghdadi Shāfi'īyah -- The Shāfi'i School of Iraq in the Later Ninth Century -- The Disciples of al-Shāfi'ī in Egypt -- The Shāfi'i School in Egypt After the Disciples of al-Shāfi'ī -- Imāmīyah, Mu'tazilah, and Others in the Tenth Century -- Chapter Five: Ibn Surayj and the Classical Shāfi'ī School -- Ibn Surayj as Jurisprudent -- Teachers and Students -- The Students of Ibn Surayj -- The Commentary on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Muzanī -- Chief of the School -- The Students of Abū Isḥāq al-Marwazī -- Besides Jurisprudence -- Chapter Six: Al-Karkhī and the Classical Ḥanafi School -- Al-Ṭaḥāwī in Egypt -- The Students of al-Ṭaḥāwī -- Abū Khāzim and al-Barda'ī in Baghdad -- Al-Karkhī -- The Students of al-Karkhī -- The Ḥanafi School in Egypt and Africa.

In Khurasan and Transoxania -- Chapter Seven: Al-Khallāl and the Classical Ḥanbali School -- The Collection of Aḥmad's Opinions by His Immediate Followers -- The Collection of Aḥmad's Opinions by Abū Bakr al-Khallāl -- Al-Khallāl as Chief of the School -- Chapter Eight: The Māliki School -- The Māliki School in the West -- The Māliki School in the East -- The Māliki School of Baghdad -- Chapter Nine: Two Schools That Did Not Last -- The Original Ẓāhiri School -- The Jarīri School -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Primary Sources in Manuscript -- Primary Sources in Print -- Secondary Sources -- Index.