The Kitāb al-kasb Attributed to al-Shaybānī
Poverty, Surplus, and the Circulation of Wealth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4864573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Bonner (0000-0002-4992-674X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 410 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606670 |
| OpenAlex | W2314383693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Modern discussions of asceticism and accumulation of capital in the early Islamic world cite a Kitab al-kasb attributed to al-Shaybāni. This book is actually something of a collective Hanafi production, with much of its content traceable to al-Sarakhsi. However, it does contain a core of sayings or doctrines that can be attributed to Shaybani himself. Unlike the later Hanafīs, Shaybani in the Kasb does not express hostility to radical ascetics. In fact he seems to say more about poverty and charity than about acquisition and gain. The economy of poverty which emerges from Shaybānī's doctrines contrasts sharply with early Islamic thinking in the tradition of ⊂ilm tadbir almanzil or economics-even though both of these (economy of poverty and tadbir) appear in the Kasb. The article concludes with discussion of the Karramiyya, the only named adversaries in the Kasb, and their declaring it forbidden to earn a living (tahrim al-makasib)
Circulation (fluid dynamics) · Economic growth · Economics · Physics · Poverty · Thermodynamics · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |