5 A Ḥanbalī Scholar’s Reply to a Pseudo-Mujtahid: Al-Saffārīnī’s Epistle On Taqlīd

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Canon and Censorship in Islamic Intellectual History: Introduction 1
5. Part I: Defining and Arguing the Canonicity of a Textual Corpus
6. 2 “The Untrodden Garden”: Commentaries on the Sīra of the Prophet and the Reception of Al-Rawḍ al-Unuf by Later Commentators 15
7. 3 The Contested Kutub al-Muʿtabara of Nahdlatul Ulama in Indonesia: Reception, Controversy, and Challenges 49
8. 4 Who Determined the Order of the Verses and Suras in the Muṣḥaf? A Discussion of the Canonization of the Qurʾān in Madina Based on Premodern ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān Literature 79
9. Part II: Disputes Over the Legacy of a Canon’s Authority
10. 5 A Ḥanbalī Scholar’s Reply to a Pseudo-Mujtahid: Al-Saffārīnī’s Epistle On Taqlīd 111
11. 6 Reinterpreting Worship (ʿIbāda): Ḥātim al-ʿAwnī’s Theological Challenge to the Wahhabi Canon 139
12. 7 Banning Wahhabism: The Role of the ʿUlamā in the Censorship Policies of the Late Ottoman Empire 165
13. 8 “De-Almohadizing” the Past: Mechanisms of Censorship in Marīnid Maghrib 185
14. Part III: Canons Shaping Communities and Communities Shaping Canons
15. 9 Canon Formation and Affirmation in Sunnism – The Example of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Dihlawī’s Maraj al-Baḥrayn 209
16. 10 Translation as Interpretation: C. N. Ahmed Maulavi’s Malayalam Translation of the Qurʾān and Its Organized Contestation 229
17. 11 Religious Capital and Authority: The Premises of Canonization in the Islamic Field in Contemporary Germany 255
18. Epilogue
19. 12 Between the Virtue of Reception and the Suppression of Voices: The Reciprocal Dependence of Canon and Censorship – Concluding Remarks 295
20. Authors and Editors
21. Index 315