Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Mundhir, Amputation, and the Art of Ijtihād

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ID8966577
AuthorsScott Luca (0000-0003-2587-8461, University of Arizona, corresponding author), Scott C Lucas
Year2007
Volume39
Issue3
Pages351-368
Publication date2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002074380707050x
OpenAlexW1964163719
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This article introduces the legal methodology of independent mujtahid (legal scholar) Abu Bakr ibn al-Mundhir al-Naysaburi (d. 930) in order to shed light on the nature of ijtihād (independent judgment in a legal or theological question) on the eve of crystallization of the four Sunni legal schools. Ibn al-Mundhir's presentation of laws concerning punishment for theft indicates that the Qurʿan and Prophetic hadith played a modest role in early elaboration of Islamic law. Instead, the bulk of this early mujtahid's efforts were devoted to culling and evaluating legal opinions of the companions, successors, and, in particular, a small group of postsuccessor jurists. I conclude by locating Ibn al-Mundhir within the literature of juristic disagreement ( ikhtilāf ) and highlighting the features that make his writings exceptional within this tradition

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