{"product_id":"religious-scholars-and-the-umayyads-steven-judd-9780415844970","title":"Religious Scholars and the Umayyads: Piety-Minded Supporters of the Marwanid Caliphate","description":"\u003cp\u003eReligious Scholars and the Umayyads analyzes legal and theological developments during the Marwānid period (64\/684--132\/750), focusing on religious scholars who supported the Umayyads. Their scholarly network extended across several generations and significantly influenced the development of the Islamic faith. Umayyad \u003ci\u003eqādòī\u003c\/i\u003es, who represented the intersection of religious authority and imperial power, were particularly important. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges the long-standing paradigm that the emerging Muslim faith was shaped by religious dissenters who were hostile to the Umayyads. A prosopographical analysis of Umayyad-era scholars demonstrates that piety and opposition were not necessarily synonymous. Reputable scholars served as \u003ci\u003eqādòī\u003c\/i\u003es, tutors and advisors to Umayyad caliphs and governors. Their religious credentials were untarnished by their association with the Umayyads and they appear prominently in later \u003ci\u003ehòadīth\u003c\/i\u003e collections and \u003ci\u003efiqh\u003c\/i\u003e works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis historiographical study demonstrates that excessive reliance on al-Tòabarī's chronicle has distorted the image of the Umayyads. Alternatively, biographical sources produced by later \u003ci\u003ehòadīth\u003c\/i\u003e scholars reveal a rich tradition of Umayyad-era religious scholarship that undermines al-Tòabarī's assumptions. Offering a better understanding of early Islamic religious development, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers in the fields of Islamic history, Islamic legal studies and Arabic historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Judd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415844975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415844970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Steven Judd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136119222527,"sku":"9780415844970","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11be1d75-3739-4f5d-b687-5f02f5eb39d4.jpg?v=1770160638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religious-scholars-and-the-umayyads-steven-judd-9780415844970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}