Ahl al-Ra'y
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Ahl al-Ra'y (
source of Islamic creed in the second century of Islam, the other being Ahl al-Hadith (the people of hadith).[2]
Its proponents, which included many early jurists of the
hiyal (legal subterfuges).[3] According to Daniel W. Brown, Ahl al-Ra'y thought a hadith should "sometimes be subject to other overriding principles" such as the "continuous practice" of the Ummah (Muslim community) and "general principles of equity" which better represented "the spirit" of the Prophet of Islam.[4]
Over time, Hanafi jurists gradually came to accept the primacy of the Quran and hadith advocated by the Ahl al-Hadith creedal group, restricting the use of other forms of legal reasoning to interpretation of these scriptures.Hanbali jurists, who had led the Ahl al-Hadith creedal group, gradually came to accept the use of qiyas.[3]
References
- ^ ISSN 1873-9830.
- ISBN 0521570778. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-51430-9.
- ISBN 0521570778. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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