On Schacht’s Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence

On Schacht’s Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence

This in depth study presents a detailed analysis and critique of the classic Orientalist work, Schacht’s Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. Shaykh Muṣṭafā Aʿẓamī’s work examines the sources used by Schacht to develop his thesis on the relation of Islamic Law to the Qur’an, and exposes fundamental flaws in Schacht’s methodology that lead to the conclusions unsupported by the texts examined. This book is an important contribution to Islamic legal studies from an Islamic perspective. The respected author has analyzed, tested and passed scholarly judgment on Schacht’s argument step by step, working with actual hadith materials.