The Zahiris
David Tevele
1883
Chapter One
It cannot be doubted that the two designations ahl al-ḥadīth and ahl al-ra’y originally referred to branches of legists occupied with the investigation of Islamic law: the former were concerned with the study of transmitted sources, and the latter with the practical aspects of the law. It is only later that the two terms indicate the…
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