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This thesis is a response to the riddle of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab in Bukhari 's Kitab al-Jami'it as-Sahi h: Namely, how is it possible for 'Umar to be at once the staunchest defender of the prophetic tradition and yet, at the same time, in disagreement with the Prophet himself? Ju…

This dissertation explores the astronomical work of the fourteenth century Bukharan astronomer ʿUbayd Allah b. Masʿud Sadr al-Shari ah al-Thān\=\i\ (d. 1347 AD). Sadr al-Shari ah was a religious scholar who produced several renowned works, of which ``{ The Adjustment of the Conf…