ishak Emin AKTEPE / Examination and Critique of Schaht and His Article on `On Shafii’s Life and Personality`

Abstract: This article critically examines Joseph Schach’s text “On Shafii’s life and Personality”. In this article Schahct made evaluations on Shafii’s life, works, and personality under the light of the notes he took in a long period of time from the books of Shafii himself. In our study we endeavored to identify to what extend Schacht was correct and consistent. As a result of this study, we have seen that some claims made by Schahct do not reflect the facts. Some mistakes have been identified in his evaluations on Shafii’s life and personality. However, It is an undeniable fact that aspects of this article is also a product of a very valuable academic effort put forward by Schacht’s scientific strength and intelligence.

Citation: ishak Emin AKTEPE, “Schacht ve ‘Sâfiî’nin Hayati ve Sahsiyeti Üzerine’ Adli Makalesinin Tahlil ve Tenkidi” (in Turkish), Hadis Tetkikleri Dergisi (HTD), III/2, 2005, pp. 57–83.

Key words: Shafi‘i, Schacht, sunnah, hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, Orientalism.

  

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