A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah

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dc.contributor.advisorMabrook, Alien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMathee, Mohamed Shaiden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:21:54Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:21:54Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSunnah has become synonymous with hadith as it is found primarily in the six canonical works of hadith. This change, Rahman argues, came about after Mohammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i articulated his bayan scheme, which in a nutshell means that the entirety of law resides in two texts the Qur'an and the Sunnah and that Sunnah is only the Sunnah of Muhammad (concept and content). In search for uniformity and stability, Rahman claims, that Shafi'i destroyed the living Sunnah or more precisely the organic relationship between Sunnah, ijtihad (progressive interpretation) and ijma. But was this living Sunnah conceptually linked to the """"Ideal Sunnah"""" of the Prophet? Why did Shafi'i decimate an entire tradition and what were his reasons and how did he do it? This thesis seeks to answer these questions by critically analyzing Rahman's living Sunnah notion. On the other hand whilst it appreciates Shafi'i's argument for the Sunnah, of the Prophet only, as the exclusive legislative supplement to the Qur'an it problematizes how Shafi'i dealt with the materials from which he reconstructed (the content) the Prophetic Sunnah (as a concept).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMathee, M. S. (2004). <i>A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMathee, Mohamed Shaid. <i>"A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMathee, M. 2004. A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mathee, Mohamed Shaid AB - Sunnah has become synonymous with hadith as it is found primarily in the six canonical works of hadith. This change, Rahman argues, came about after Mohammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i articulated his bayan scheme, which in a nutshell means that the entirety of law resides in two texts the Qur'an and the Sunnah and that Sunnah is only the Sunnah of Muhammad (concept and content). In search for uniformity and stability, Rahman claims, that Shafi'i destroyed the living Sunnah or more precisely the organic relationship between Sunnah, ijtihad (progressive interpretation) and ijma. But was this living Sunnah conceptually linked to the """"Ideal Sunnah"""" of the Prophet? Why did Shafi'i decimate an entire tradition and what were his reasons and how did he do it? This thesis seeks to answer these questions by critically analyzing Rahman's living Sunnah notion. On the other hand whilst it appreciates Shafi'i's argument for the Sunnah, of the Prophet only, as the exclusive legislative supplement to the Qur'an it problematizes how Shafi'i dealt with the materials from which he reconstructed (the content) the Prophetic Sunnah (as a concept). DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah TI - A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMathee MS. A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8005en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleA critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnahen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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