Research Article

THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA

Volume: 56 Number: 4 December 20, 2020
  • Sohaıl Hanıf *
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THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA

Abstract

This article assesses the contribution of Abū Ḥanīfa (d. 150/767) to the development of Islamic law through a study of the ‘legal question’, or masʾala. The first section presents anecdotal accounts to illustrate the nature and reception of Abū Ḥanīfa’s questions. It also studies the spread of Abū Ḥanīfa’s questions through the writings of his students, particularly Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Shaybānī (d. 189/805). The second section presents investigations into the development of legal questions addressing the topic of wiping over khuffs (leather socks) in ritual ablutions, assessing (1) the development of legal questions in the first two-and-a-half centuries of Islam, (2) the nature of questions addressed by key second- and third-century texts of the legal schools, and (3) the questions that constituted core school doctrine in classical-era mukhtaṣars (legal digests) of the schools of law. The article concludes that Abū Ḥanīfa’s questions had the clearest causative effect on the development of structured legal questions addressing the various topics of law, while highlighting that competing juristic circles did not merely mimic Abū Ḥanīfa’s questions, but, rather, developed questions that reflected their own conceptions of the legal project.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sohaıl Hanıf * This is me
United Kingdom

Publication Date

December 20, 2020

Submission Date

November 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 17, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 56 Number: 4

APA
Hanıf, S. (2020). THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA. Diyanet İlmi Dergi, 56(4), 1349-1404. https://doi.org/10.61304/did.849360
AMA
1.Hanıf S. THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA. Diyanet İlmi Dergi. 2020;56(4):1349-1404. doi:10.61304/did.849360
Chicago
Hanıf, Sohaıl. 2020. “THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA”. Diyanet İlmi Dergi 56 (4): 1349-1404. https://doi.org/10.61304/did.849360.
EndNote
Hanıf S (December 1, 2020) THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA. Diyanet İlmi Dergi 56 4 1349–1404.
IEEE
[1]S. Hanıf, “THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA”, Diyanet İlmi Dergi, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 1349–1404, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.61304/did.849360.
ISNAD
Hanıf, Sohaıl. “THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA”. Diyanet İlmi Dergi 56/4 (December 1, 2020): 1349-1404. https://doi.org/10.61304/did.849360.
JAMA
1.Hanıf S. THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA. Diyanet İlmi Dergi. 2020;56:1349–1404.
MLA
Hanıf, Sohaıl. “THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA”. Diyanet İlmi Dergi, vol. 56, no. 4, Dec. 2020, pp. 1349-04, doi:10.61304/did.849360.
Vancouver
1.Sohaıl Hanıf. THE QUESTIONS OF ABŪ HANĪFA. Diyanet İlmi Dergi. 2020 Dec. 1;56(4):1349-404. doi:10.61304/did.849360