{"product_id":"the-epistle-of-the-eloquent-avraham-hakim-9789004209817","title":"The Epistle of the Eloquent Clarification Concerning the Refutation of Ibn Qutayba by Al-Q\u0026#257;\u0026#7693;\u0026#299; al-Nu\u0026#703;m\u0026#257;n b. Mu\u0026#7717;ammad (d","description":"This is an edition of an early Shiite\/Fatimid Arabic epistle that includes a controversy pertaining to several issues on Islamic law. Al-Qadi al-Nu'man (d. 363\/974), the most famoust jurist of the early Fatimid period refutes the illustious Ibn Qutayba (d. 276\/889). In his book Adab al-Katib, Ibn Qutayba claimed that it was enough for civil servants (kuttab) to memorize a few legal formulas in order to be able to effectively do their work without the need of long dissertations on law from jurists. In the introduction to his epistle, al-Nu'man claims that without these dissertations the civil servants would not be able to apply the law correctly. Following this, al-Nu'man launches lengthy dissertations on each one of the succinct formulas listed by Ibn Qutayba. The main argument of al-Nu'man is that the only lawgivers in Islam are the prophet Muhammad and the Imams descendents of Ali (until the seventh Imam).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Avraham Hakim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004209816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004209817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Avraham Hakim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611893547263,"sku":"9789004209817","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a42153bc-812f-42dc-ad40-504abd3c9a03.jpg?v=1764516778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-epistle-of-the-eloquent-avraham-hakim-9789004209817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}