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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Oxford University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28972/1/EARLY_CONTRIBUTIONS_TO_THE_THEORY.pdf |