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Custom in Islamic Law and Legal Theory

The Development of the Concepts of ?Urf and ??dah in the Islamic Legal Tradition
By:Ayman Shabana
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230105928
eText ISBN:9780230117341
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book explores the relationship between custom and Islamic law and seeks to uncover the role of custom in the construction of legal rulings. On a deeper level, however, it deals with the perennial problem of change and continuity in the Islamic legal tradition (or any tradition for that matter).