Full Description
This book is the first Western-language study of a legal Qurʾān commentary and the first examination of a Zaydī tafsīr. It proposes an original framework for classifying legal passages of the Qurʾān based on Sayyid Muḥammad b. al-Hādī's (d. 720/1320) Qur'an commentary, The Garden and the Pool. It shows that the legal Qurʾān commentary format can serve both as a teaching tool and as a platform for a Muslim jurist to demonstrate his legal expertise. This book includes a critical edition of Muḥammad b. al-Hādī's interpretation of the Sūra of Light based on a manuscript written by the author himself.
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī and his Place in the Zaydī Intellectual Tradition
Chapter 2: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī's Legal Qurʾān Commentary: Method and Sources
Chapter 3: Muḥammad b. al-Hādī's 199 Legal Passages in the Qurʾān: A Framework for Analysis
Chapter 4: Legal Passages in the Sūra of Light
Chapter 5: Prayer
Chapter 6: Divorce
Chapter 7: Warfare
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A: Critical Edition of the Commentary on the Sūra of Light in The Garden and the Pool
Appendix B: English Translation of Muḥammad b. al-Hādī's 199 Legal Passages in the Qurʾān
