Athar al-Rabi b. Habib

Edition and Study

by Kahlan al-Kharusi

Book cover: Athar al-Rabi b. Habib

Extent: 172 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Classical Studies, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Law

Series: Abhandlungen fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes

Series volume number: 106

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(September 2016)

ISBN: 9783447106344

Price: $68.00

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This study is an important contribution to the understanding of the beginnings of Islamic jurisprudence. The compilation of the text dates back to some time before the end of the Umayyad period (132/750 AD). It displays juridical material and opinions from a wide range of sources. The work throws light on the formation not only of the Ibadi school of thought but of other Islamic schools as well.


This study is an important contribution to the understanding of the beginnings of Islamic jurisprudence. The compilation of the text apparently dates back to some time before the end of the Umayyad period (132/750 AD). It is now made accessible to the scholarly public by a careful and knowledgeable edition, annotation, and discussion. This text does not seem to be confined to a mere sectarian milieu, although it originated within the Basran Ibadi community and shows many clear traits of what later became parts of the doctrin of the Ibadiyya. It rather displays juridical material and opinions from a wide range of sources. Thus, the work throws light on the formation not only of the Ibadi school of thought but of other Islamic schools as well.

  • By (author) Kahlan al-Kharusi