Author: Edmund Hayes

By Edmund Hayes In 260/874, upon the death of the Eleventh Imam of the Twelver Shīʿa, al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskari, a crisis hit the inner circle of the Imam’s family. The Imam’s … Continue reading The Rejection of Legal Pluralism and Its Consequences

By Edmund Hayes When we speak of Shīʿī law, we usually mean the legal edifice of Twelver Shīʿīsm, which developed in the centuries following the collapse of the historical imamate … Continue reading Was There an Early Imāmī Shīʿī Legal System?