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Sufis and sharī'a : the forgotten school of mercy / Samer Dajani.

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Establishes the existence of an important school of Sufi thought developed by Ibn Arabi

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Main Author: Dajani, Samer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Ibn al-ʻArabī, > 1165-1240 > Influence.
Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, > active 898 > Influence.
Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, > approximately 1493-1565 or 1566 > Influence.
Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, > 1749-1837 > Influence.
Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, > 1749-1837
Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, > active 898
Ibn al-ʻArabī, > 1165-1240
Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, > approximately 1493-1565 or 1566
Islamic law.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Islamic law
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction. The Sufis and legal theory
  • Part 1.
  • Mysticism, traditionalism and the school of mercy
  • 1. The schools of law
  • 2.
  • Sufis and traditionalism
  • 3.
  • Al-Tirmidhī's critique of rationalism
  • 4.
  • Ibn ʻArabī's traditionalism
  • 5.
  • The Akbarī Madhhab: Ibn ʻArabī's school of mercy
  • 6.
  • Loyalty to the Akbarī Way: ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʻrānī
  • Part 2.
  • Mercy in flexibility: a path for all mankind
  • 7.
  • The all-comprehensive nature of the Sharīʻa: rrom Tirmidhī to Suyūṭī
  • 8.
  • The 'scale' of ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʻrānī
  • Part 3.
  • The Akbarī Madhhab in practice and its influence on the modern world
  • 9.
  • Aḥmad ibn Idrīs and the implementation of Ibn ʻArabī's jurisprudence in the nineteenth century
  • 10.
  • The teachings and influence of Aḥmad ibn Idrīs
  • 11.
  • From Ibn ʻArabī to the Salafīs
  • Conclusion. The spirit of the law - competing visions
  • Appendix. The classical juristic debate on whether every mujtahid was correct
  • References
  • Index.

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