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Evolution and Development of Islamic Jurisprudence in Central Asia

by: Showkat Hussain Dar

This book vividly analyses the Islamic legal theory and its development in varied phases, encompassing various regions, intellectual approaches and social practices, making it an appropriate legal system. It also features the great jurists of Central Asia and their monumental works.

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ISBN: 9788124607237
Year Of Publication: 2014
Edition: 1st
Pages : xv, 176p.
Bibliographic Details : Bibliography; Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 550

Overview

Central Asia, since eighth century ce, has remained as one of the heartlands of Islam. Mawara al-Nahr (Transoxiania) is a name to reckon with in the annals of Islamic history and jurisprudence. The Abbasid rule (ce 750–1258) in this steppe region paved the way for setting the Islamic culture, and the reflection of positive results and Islamic ideology in all facets of life, nourishing the Islamic tradition and immensely contributing to the various socio-political institutions as well as diverse fields of knowledge. The early development of Islamic sciences and the involvement and contribution of Muslim intellectuals of Central Asia in their further growth remain as a splendid chapter of the Islamic history.
This book represents Islam as a constructive force that nourished scholarship in varied Islamic sciences, especially in Islamic jurisprudence. It vividly analyses the Islamic legal theory and its development in varied phases, encompassing various regions, intellectual approaches and social practices, making it an appropriate legal system. Central Asia, along with other Islamic intellectual centres like Baghdad, Basrah, Kufa and Madina, maintained the lure of standardized scholarship.
This volume, while featuring the great jurists of Central Asia and their monumental works to the Islamic jurisprudence, initiates a debate on the relevance of Islamic legal theory and its interpretation in the contemporary socio-political scenario, thus providing certain possibilities of rediscovering Islamic jurisprudence for the present times. A book of high academic value, it should impress all in the field of Islamic history and legal system.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgement
Transliteration
1. Introduction
2. Review of the Source Material
3. Socio-Political Milieu
4. Central Asian Jurists: Contribution and Impact
5. Prolific Centres of Islamic Jurisprudence
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Meet the Author
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Dr Showkat Hussain Dar was born in 1975 in Mohalla Kralteng Sopore (J&K). After completing his graduation from Govt. Degree College, Sopore, he pursued his MA Islamic Studies and distinguished himself with a gold medal in the faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Kashmir. Dr Hussain pursued his M. Phil. and Ph.D. from Centre of Central Asian Studies, the University of Kashmir and was awarded the doctorate in 2009. He has to his credit a good number of articles published in the academic journals of international repute. His fields of specialization are Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Finance and Investment, and Central Asia. Dr Showkat Hussain has conducted, organized and participated in national and international seminars, presenting research papers on varied themes. The author has a good command on Arabic and Persian as well. Presently, he is working in Department of Islamic Studies, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora (J&K) as Senior Assistant Professor and is heading the department since 2010.
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