Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy: The Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century

by Ahmad Khan

Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, many defining features of classical Sunni Islam began to take shape. Among these was the formation of medieval Sunnism around the belief in the unimpeachable orthodoxy of four eponymous founders and their schools of law. In this original study, Ahmad Khan explores the history and cultural memory of one of these eponymous founders, Abū Ḥanīfa. Showing how Abū Ḥanīfa evolved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009098373
• ISBN13: 9781009098373
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"