Māwardī’s Legal Thinking
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb al-Māwardī was a Muslim polymath, born in Basra, 364/974, died in Baghdad, 30 Rabīʿ I 450/27 May 1058. He is most famous today for al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah, a review of the law as it affects or requires the action of the caliph. His extensive handbook of Shāfiʿ...
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Columbia University Libraries
2015-11-01
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Series: | Al-'Usur al-Wusta |
Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/alusur/article/view/7037 |