Al-Shāfi'ī, the Ḥadīth, and the Concept of the Duality of Revelation
Abstract
This article examines al-Shāfi'ī's most important contribution to both the foundations of Islamic jurisprudence and to Islamic thought in general as we know it today: his doctrines regarding the Ḥadīth. Al-Shāfi'ī laid the foundations which eventually established Ḥadīth as the second revelatory source of law and guidance. His Kitāb Jimā' al-'Ilm and al-Risālah are the earliest and most important extant works that established the authority of the Ḥadīth. A close examination of these works demonstrates the early opposition to the authority of the Ḥadīth and the responses which overcame that opposition. The aim of this examination is to better understand this crucial contribution to the status of Ḥadīth in Islam.
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