Al-Shafi'i's Risala: Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence
By Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'I.
Description
Written in the second Islamic century by al-Imam al-Shafi'i (d. 204AH/820AD), the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law, this important work gives the fundamental principles of Islamic jurisprudence and its influence continues to the present day. During the early years of the spread of Islam, the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire. In Medina and Kufa, as well as other cities of early Muslim rule, schools of law had to be developed, but it took the genius of Muhammad b. Idris ...
ISBN(s)
0946621152, 9780946621156
