The Form and Function of Legal Qurʾān Commentaries

Insights from a Yemeni Zaydī Tafsīr
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-74758-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, Band 25, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Texts and Studies on the Qur'an

This book is the first Western-language study of a legal Qur'an commentary and the first examination of a Zaydi tafsir. It proposes an original framework for classifying legal passages of the Qur'an based on Sayyid Muhammad b. al-Hadi’s (d. 720/1320) Qur’an commentary, The Garden and the Pool. It shows that the legal Qur'an 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 Muhammad b. al-Hadi’s interpretation of the Sura of Light based on a manuscript written by the author himself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

C Lucas, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Muhammad b. al-Hadi and his Place in the Zaydi Intellectual Tradition

Chapter 2: Muhammad b. al-Hadi’s Legal Qur'an Commentary: Method and Sources

Chapter 3: Muhammad b. al-Hadi’s 199 Legal Passages in the Qur'an: A Framework for Analysis

Chapter 4: Legal Passages in the Sura of Light

Chapter 5: Prayer

Chapter 6: Divorce

Chapter 7: Warfare

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix A: Critical Edition of the Commentary on the Sura of Light in The Garden and the Pool

Appendix B: English Translation of Muhammad b. al-Hadi’s 199 Legal Passages in the Qur'an

Über Autor(innen)

Scott C. Lucas, Ph.D. (2002), University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Arizona. He has published on Sunni hadith literature, Qur’an commentary, and Zaydi Shi‘ism, including Constructive Critics, Hadith Literature, and the Articulation of Sunni Islam (Brill 2004).