Kecia Ali's study works from a documented comparative method, examining how the early Islamic legal schools formulated marriage law specifically alongside their parallel treatment of slavery, tracing where the two areas of law actually drew on shared legal concepts rather than treating marriage law as a separate, self-contained topic. That named comparative lens, checkable against the specific legal texts and schools it examines, is the study's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced further scholarly response to Ali's specific claims since 2010. Use it for established scholarly facts about the early legal schools' formulation of marriage law specifically; a critical academic study with a specific comparative lens, not a general source on how nikah is practiced today, which needs a separate contemporary source.
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Kecia Ali's scholarly study, published by Harvard University Press, of how early Islamic legal schools formulated marriage law, examined alongside their parallel treatment of slavery; a critical academic study with a specific comparative lens, not a general source on marriage as practiced today. NotesKecia Ali's scholarly study of how early Islamic legal schools formulated marriage (nikah) law, examined alongside their parallel treatment of slavery. Use for established scholarly facts about the early legal schools' formulation of marriage law specifically; a critical academic study with a specific comparative lens, not a general source on nikah as practiced today.
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AuthorKecia Ali
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication Year2010
URLhttps://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674050594
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (51 claims)
This source backs 51 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 22 holds, 4 held Differently. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Schools of Religious Law, 29 claims: 20 holds, 4 held Differently, 5 general references.
- Rituals, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 2 general references.
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