Focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law

One of the most far-reaching developments in the history of Islam was the rise of the four classical Sunni schools of law between the ninth and eleventh centuri

The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God,

This book examines the authority of saints in Islam and their ability to build communities among Muslims in North Africa. It analyzes the power generated in rel