The Sources of Islamic Law: Islamic Theories of Abrogation

By John Burton

Islamic law never achieved unity but developed into five surviving schools, which, when first established, were in competition with one another. This scholarly book is the first to examine critically the differing Islamic theories of abrogation (or Naskh) upon which each school based its claim to be the correct interpretation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748601082
• ISBN13: 9780748601080
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher