Early Mālikī Law: Ibn ʻAbd Al-Ḥakam and His Major Compendium of JurisprudenceThis study presents the first biography of 'Abd All?h b. 'Abd al-?akam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent M?lik? school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early M?lik? slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn 'Abd al-?akam and his "Compendium" is used to refine the distinction between "organic" and "fixed" editions of early legal texts, and also to argue that these texts can be used to reconstruct the thought of even earlier figures, such as M?lik B. Anas (d. 179/795). "Early M?lik? Law" should be of value to legal historians, scholars of religion and all those working in the developing field of Slave Studies. The valuable conclusions arising from this study of a single legal text indicate the importance of continued analysis of these early documents, both the few that have been published and the many which remain unexplored in manuscript collections. |
Contents
Abd Allah b Abd alḤakam 155771214829 | 1 |
II | 10 |
Continuing legacy among scholars | 48 |
Conclusions | 63 |
10 | 72 |
48 | 89 |
I | 95 |
Al Muktaşar alkabīr in relation to early legal texts | 111 |
The umm walad | 192 |
Analysis | 204 |
Conclusion | 206 |
Tables I and II Comparison of Early Legal Texts | 285 |
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Two Types of Slaves the Mukātab and the | 162 |
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Abd Allah Abī Abū Aḥmad al-Abharī al-Dahabī al-jāmi al-kabir al-Kindi al-Muktaṣar al-kabīr al-Qasim al-Šāfiī al-şağir al-Umm Allāh Ašhab assets Azhar chapter clientage commentary contract of emancipation dirhams early legal Egypt EI² emancipation contract Fãs female slave folios freed Gotha hadith Ibn Abd al-Hakam Ibn Sa'd Ibn Wahb inheritance installments Islamic century Islamic law isnād jurisprudence Kairouan Kitāb legal texts Mālik Malik's juristic dicta manuscript master mudabbar Mudawwanah Muḥammad mukātab Muktaşar Muranyi Muslim Muwatta paragraph Prophet Qāḍī Iyāḍ Qur'an Qur'ānic recension Sa'd Saḥnun Schacht scholars slave slavery sources statement Taʼrīk transmission Umar umm walad Yaḥyā Zayd أم أن إذا إلا إلى الذي العبد الكتابة الله المكاتب بأس به ثم ذلك سيده عتق عجز على عليه عن فإن فلا فليس فيه قاطع قال كاتب كان كانت كتابته لا لم له لها ما مات مال من منه وإذا وإن ولا ولد ولده ومن