Mehmet Ali YARGI / On the Hanafi Approaches to the Interpretation of Qur’an vis-à-vis Sunnah

Abstract: This article will attempt to outline Hanafi approaches to the interpretation of Quran vis-à-vis Sunnah. The study focuses on their view of the scope of Qur’an and Sunnah, i.e. whether Qur’anic material overlaps or differentiates in terms of scope and whether this under-standing constitutes a systematic approach to Qur’an and Sunnah. In this respect, we will dis-cuss Hanafi view of Qur’an’s explaining Sunnah and vice versa, hence their concluding that the sources of Qur’an and Sunnah are the same. Then the study will turn to the discussion of Hanafi position on the famous dictum “as-Sunnah qadiyah ‘ala al-Kitab-Sunnah judges over Qur’an”. The article will discuss these issues through exploring words of early Hanafi masters, which seem to lead to various interpretations, and try to shed light on the relation of the these early masters with those who were called mutaakhkhirun, that is, the later Hanafis.

Citation: Mehmet Ali YARGI, “Hanefîlerin Kur’an ve Sünnet Bütünlügüne Yaklasimi Üzerine” (in Turkish), Hadis Tetkikleri Dergisi (HTD), III/2, 2005, pp. 91-113.

Key words: Qur’an, Sunnah, systematic interpretation, integration, naskh, takhsis, bayan, Abu Hanifa, Hanefis, Khabar.

  

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