عنوان

Pious Critique: Abū Ishāq al-Shīrāzī and the 11th Century Practice of Juristic Disputation (Munāzara )

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TL49734

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Pious Critique: Abū Ishāq al-Shīrāzī and the 11th Century Practice of Juristic Disputation (Munāzara )

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Youcef Soufi

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Emon, Anver

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Toronto (Canada)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

285

Text of Note

Committee members: Fadel, Mohammad; Mittermaier, Amira

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-53016-2

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Religion, Study of

Body granting the degree

University of Toronto (Canada)

Text preceding or following the note

2017

Text of Note

The 5^th/11^th century Shāfi'ī jurist Abū Ishāq al-Shīrāzī (d. 476/1083) rose to scholarly fame in the context of a Baghdad culture of pious critical debate. The emergence of the practice of disputation (munāzara ) within the 10th century Muslim lands of Iraq and Persia had shaped a class of jurists dedicated to open and continual face-to-face debate in their search for God's law (ijtihād). Jurists debated each other on contentious legal issues (al-khilāf ): one jurist would adopt a thesis and try to defend it in the face of his opponent's objections. They structured their practice around the boundaries of school affiliation and hierarchies. They debated those of equal rank and defended their doctrines from outside-school detractors. Their intended audience was fellow-jurists who could benefit and learn from exposure to critical debate. The ideal setting for the disputation was a space like the mosque because it was removed from the court of rulers and their potential influence on the debate. The pedagogical ethics of the disputation demanded that all present treat the practice with the seriousness and sincerity characteristic of acts of religious devotion. The jurists' exclusion of lay Muslims from their debates entrenched their role as religious guides of the community and reinforced the gender-hierarchy that marginalized women's voices in the shaping of the law.

Religion; Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Classical schools of law;Islamic law;Munazara;Usul al-fiqh

Ortiz-Diaz, Sharlaine M.

Emon, Anver

Subdivision

Religion, Study of

University of Toronto (Canada)

Call Number

1993250762; 10282057

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276903

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