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These new scholarly translations of Shah Wali Allah’s two important treatises on Islamic law provide access to important debates on authority and reform in Islamic legal reasoning.
The question of ijtihad (independent critical reasoning) vs. taqlid (adherence to the classical schools and rulings of Islamic law) continues to inform contemporary discussions of how Muslims as individuals and in their institutions and practice, can maintain fidelity and authenticity, while addressing the compelling issues of the present age.
Shah Wali Allah’s balanced approach to questions of juristic disagreement, utilizes historical context and critical interpretive method to model an approach to questions of Islamic law and practice that is simultaneously traditional and skillfully adaptive.
With nuance, elegance and sophistication, Professor Marcia Hermansen has once again made available to English.-speaking readers some of the most important texts of a leading eighteenth century Indian scholar with pan-Islamic connections, Shah Wali Allah. This translation allows practitioners of Islam and scholars alike to examine the debates and polemics that address the question of creativity in the realm of Muslim moral thought
This book is an important translation of key texts on Islamic law by Shah Wali Allah, undoubtedly one of the major Muslim thinkers of early modern times. It will be welcomed as a substantial contribution to Islamic studies.