Early contributions to the theory of Islamic governance: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Awzāʿī

This paper deals with the political understanding of one of the early masters of fiqh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Awzāʿī (d. 157/773), as manifested in his biography and what can be substantiated of his legal scholarship. It argues that, although the principles of Islamic governance were systematically formu...

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Main Author: Bouzenita, Anke Iman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/1/EARLY_CONTRIBUTIONS_TO_THE_THEORY.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/
http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/2/137.full
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