The Epistle on Legal Theory kalsooni But Ibn Ashur s most

But Ibn Ashur s most significant contribution in this book has been the development of new Maqasid by coining new

The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qari’s hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven

Translated into English by Aisha Bewley Bustan al-Muhadditheen is a well known anthology of Hadith sciences

covering subjects as diverse as genealogy

Mantiqu't-Tair is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here presented for the first time as The Speech of the Birds

The Epistle on Legal Theory kalsooni But Ibn Ashur s mostThe Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al Shafi'i (d. 204 820), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam. This fascinating work offers the first systematic treatment in Arabic of key issues in Islamic legal thought. These include a survey of the importance of Arabic