'Abd Al-Rahman B. 'Amr Al-Awza'i

by Steven C. Judd

'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Amr al-Awza'i (c.707-774) was Umayyad Syria's most influential jurist, part of a generation of scholars who began establishing the first formal structures for the preservation and dissemination of religious knowledge. Following the Abbasid revolution, they provided a point of stability in otherwise unstable times.

Despite his close ties to the old regime, al-Awza'i continued to participate in legal and theological matters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786076853
• ISBN13: 9781786076854
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Oneworld Academic
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.6"