Ẓāhirī Madhhab (3rd/9th-10th/16th Century)

Amr Osman, Ph.D. (2010), Princeton University, is Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Qatar University. His publications include Adalat al-Sahaba: The Construction of a Religious Doctrine, and Human Intervention in Divine Speech: The Waqf Rules and the Redaction of the Qur’anic Text.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart One: The History of the Ẓāhirī MadhhabCh. One: Dāwūd al-Ẓāhirī and the Beginnings of the Ẓāhirī MadhhabCh. Two: The Spread and Retreat of the Ẓāhirī madhhabPart Two: Ẓāhirism: A Critical Review Ch. Three: Jurisprudence in Third/Ninth-Century BaghdadCh. Four: Ẓāhirism between the Ahl al-Ra’y and the Ahl al-ḤadīthCh. Five: Ẓāhirism, Literalism and TextualismCh. Six: Case StudiesConclusionsBibliography

The Zạ̄hirī Madhhab makes an incisive contribution to the history of Islamic law generally and the Zạ̄hirī madhhab in particular. Readers should find Osman’s comprehensive discussion of the origin and development of the Zạ̄hirī tradition, as well as his elaborate biographies of Dāwūd al-Zạ̄ hirī and Ibn Ḥazm, rich, lucid and highly informative.Mourad Laabdi in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 27.3 (2015), 345-347.DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2015.1108629