Joseph Schacht has devoted a considerable part of his career to study the early history and development of Islamic juristic thought. His thesis about the formation of Islamic law in which the Prophetic traditions played a decisive role has constituted a basis for subsequent research on the subject; and, what is more, it possesses all the attributes of originality and profound thought. / Some responses, sometimes severely critical, have been addressed to Schacht's thesis. Some even accuse him of fostering a "misconception" of the position of law in Islam and of paying little attention to the Qur'anic legislation. It is no wonder, they maintain, that Schacht upholds a view which clearly deviates from the common belief of the majority of Muslims. / On the other hand, certain scholars have thought highly of Schacht's thesis. The broad outlines of his thesis, his e silentio argument and his backward-projection and common link theories, have won high acclaim among leading scholars, both Orientalists and non-Orientalists. It is not an exaggeration therefore when Hourani writes: "Joseph Schacht resurrected the intellectual life of Medieval Islam by his powerful intelligence, learning and concentration."
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61062 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Minhaji, Akh |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Institute of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001283676, proquestno: AAIMM74649, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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