Al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān b. Muḥammad (d. 363/974). The epistle of the eloquent clarification concerning the refutation of Ibn Qutayba Critical edition with an introduction


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Al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān b. Muḥammad (d. 363/974). The epistle of the eloquent clarification concerning the refutation of Ibn Qutayba Critical edition with an introduction

PREZZO : EUR 129,00€

CODICE :
ISBN 9004209816
EAN 9789004209817

AUTORE/CURATORE/ARTISTA :
Author:

EDITORE/PRODUTTORE:


COLLANA/SERIE:
, 90

ANNO:
2011

DISPONIBILITA':
In esaurimento

CARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE:
200 pages
Hardback

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Publisher's description:
This is an edition of an early Shiite/Fatimid Arabic epistle that includes a controversy pertaining to several issues on Islamic law. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 363/947), the most famoust jurist of the early Fatimid period refutes the illustious Ibn Qutayba (d. 276/889). In his book Adab al-Katib, Ibn Qutayba claimed that it was enough for civil servants (kuttab) to memorize a few legal formulas in order to be able to effectively do their work without the need of long dissertations on law from jurists. In the introduction to his epistle, al-Nu'man claims that without these dissertations the civil servants would not be able to apply the law correctly. Following this, al-Nu'man launches lengthy dissertations on each one of the succinct formulas listed by Ibn Qutayba. The main argument of al-Nu'man is that the only lawgivers in Islam are the prophet Muhammad and the Imams descendents of Ali (until the seventh Imam).

Table of contents:
Introduction
1. The manuscripts
1a. MS 1255 – The Zāhid ʿAlī collection
1b. The Fyzee Manuscript
2. The epistle
3. The motivation for the epistle's composition
4. The date of the epistle's composition
5. Partial translation into English and analysis of the epistle's introduction
5.1 fol. 2a: The tutor and the Fatimid caliph's sons
5.2 Fols 2a – 2b: Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's intervention
5.3 Fols. 2b – 3b Ibn Qutayba's legal formulas
5.4 Fols. 3b – 4b Al-Qāḍī al-Nuʿmān's arguments against his opponent
5.5 Fols. 4b – 7a: The importance of the Jurists' dissertations
5.6 Fols. 7a – 8b: The refutation of contemporary Mālikite scholars
6. Conclusion: The total refutation of Ibn Qutayba and his Adab al-Kātib
7. Editing the text
Abbreviations and Bibliography for the introduction


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