SCHOLARSHIP ROUNDUP On Islamic Law In "The Long Arm of the Provincial Law: A Custody Battle in a Qāḍī Petition from the Medieval Fayyūm" (Al-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā 30 (2022)), Lev Weitz … Continue reading Weekend Scholarship Roundup
Back to the Isnād: The Prophetization of the Sunna
By Mathieu Tillier This is part four in a series of four posts on the historical formation of the Sunna, with a focus on methodological reflections on the emergence of … Continue reading Back to the Isnād: The Prophetization of the Sunna
From Anonymous Dicta to the Prophet’s Sunna
By Mathieu Tillier This is part three in a series of four posts on the historical formation of the Sunna, with a focus on methodological reflections on the emergence of … Continue reading From Anonymous Dicta to the Prophet’s Sunna
Imploring God and the “Living Tradition”: A Relative Chronology of Epigraphic and Traditional Invocations
By Mathieu Tillier This is part two in a series of four posts on the historical formation of the Sunna, with a focus on methodological reflections on the emergence of … Continue reading Imploring God and the “Living Tradition”: A Relative Chronology of Epigraphic and Traditional Invocations
Early Fiqh and the Issue of Ḥadīth Dating
By Mathieu Tillier This is part one in a series of four posts on the historical formation of the Sunna, with a focus on methodological reflections on the emergence of … Continue reading Early Fiqh and the Issue of Ḥadīth Dating