Jīvan, Aḥmad

by Malik, Jamal

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Aḥmad Jīvan (d. 1130/1718) was a staunch Ḥanafī jurist in the times of Awrangzīb, who was known for his excellent faculty of memorisation. Because of his major contributions to the field of uṣūl al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence), he made it to the royal court. In his voluminous exegesis, Tafsīrāt Aḥmadiyya , he wrote about those verses from which could be derived juristic commands, basic principles, and scholastic problems. Aḥmad’s basic rule was that everything is permissible unless it is …

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Aḥmad Jīvan (d. 1130/1718) was a staunch Ḥanafī jurist in the times of Awrangzīb, who was known for his excellent faculty of memorisation. Because of his major contributions to the field of uṣūl al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence), he made it to the royal court. In his voluminous exegesis, Tafsīrāt Aḥmadiyya , he wrote about those verses from which could be derived juristic commands, basic principles, and scholastic problems. Aḥmad’s basic rule was that everything is permissible unless it is explicitly forbidden in the Qurʾān. Aḥmad Jīvan was born

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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eng Islam

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Malik, Jamal

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