Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

By Raza Baqai, Zainab Hermes and Ahmed El Shamsy Previous studies of Mālik’s Muwaṭṭaʾ have relied primarily on the recension of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā al-Laythī (d. 234/848) to understand Mālik’s … Continue reading Legal language in al-Qaʿnabī’s recension of the Muwaṭṭaʾ

Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants

Ahmed El Shamsy

The essays for this month arise from a seminar on Arabic philology taught by Professor Ahmed El Shamsy at the University of Chicago. Each essay is jointly authored by Professor … Continue reading Welcome to our March Guest Blogger: Ahmed El Shamsy & Seminar Participants