A critical study of Ahkām al-Qur’ān by al-Qādī Abū Bakr ibn al-‘Arabī (468-543/1075-1148)

Al-Mamari, Abdullah Said Khalfan (2007). A critical study of Ahkām al-Qur’ān by al-Qādī Abū Bakr ibn al-‘Arabī (468-543/1075-1148). University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

This thesis is an attempt to present a critical study of a celebrated work, Ahkām al-Qur’ān by al-Qādī Abū Bakr ibn al-‘Arabī (d. 543/1148). The thesis is divided into an introduction, three main parts, each containing several chapters, followed by a Conclusion and Bibliography. Part 1 presents the biography of Ibn al-'Arabī: his education, travels, and the socio-political role that he played during his life.

Part 2 discusses the literature on tafsīr āyāt al-ahkām (exegeses of the Qur’ānic verses providing legal rulings). The main focus is on Ahkām al-Qur’ān by Ibn al-'Arabī and covers five themes: the title and the author, the date of its compilation, its contents, its sources, its academic merits and influence on some of the prominent mufassirūn (interpreters of the Qur’ān).

Part 3 is a critical evaluation of Ahkām al-Qur’ān. It discusses the style of Ibn al-'Arabī and his method in the Qur’ānic disciplines, including interpreting the Qur’ān from the Qur’an, the Sunnah and opinions of the scholars from the early Islamic period, the Isrā’īliyyāt (Judaic literature), together with his method of intellectual pursuits, based on authoritative evidence and naskh (abrogation). This part also examines the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, namely, al-umūm wa al-khusūs (the general and the specific) and al-masālih al-mursalah (the public interests), from which Ibn al-'Arabī deduced ahkām (legal rules). Finally, it evaluates the original contributions that Ibn al-'Arabī made as both a mujtahid and a follower of Imam Mālik’s School of law.

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Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)

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Doctorates > Ph.D.

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