Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses of Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Rahwayh

Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad Ibn Muhammad;Spectorsky, Susan A.;Rahwayh, Ibn

ISBN 10: 0292776721 / ISBN 13: 9780292776722

Published by Univ of Texas Pr, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 1993

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SIGNED First edition. Trade soft cover. Published Austin: Univ of Texas Pr., 1993. 8vo., xiii+278 pages. Inscribed by the author on half title. Accompanied with a dust jacket form the hard cover edition, along with a letter in which she discusses cover design and copy. Light random foxing along the edges, else near fine. Seller Inventory # 002322

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chapters on Marriage and Divorce: Responses ...

Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st

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Synopsis:

While western-derived legal codes have superseded Islamic law in many parts of the Muslim world, Islamic, Koran-based law still retains its force in the area of marriage and family relations, the area that is key to the status of women. This work makes available for the first time in English three compilations of responses to questions about family law given by two prominent Muslim jurists of the ninth century (third century of Islam)-Ahmad b. Hanbal, the eponymous founder of the Hanbali rite of Sunni Islam (the one dominant in Saudi Arabia), and Ishaq b. Rahwayh. These compilations are basic sources for the study of the development of legal thinking in Islam.

The introduction to the translation locates the compilations in a historical context and elucidates how the various issues of family law are treated. An appendix contains a collation of the significant variants among the manuscripts and printed versions of the Arabic texts. The volume concludes with a topical index and an index of names.

About the Author:

Susan A. Spectorsky is Associate Professor Emerita of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Queens College of the City University of New York.