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Title: Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of Interpretive Reasoning in Hanafi Scholarship (Suny Series, Towards a Comparative P) by Brannon M. Wheeler ISBN: 0-7914-2974-1 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Valuable Insight on a Relavent Subject
Comment: Surely one cannot degrade the value of ideas on the basis of spelling errors. Anyone who does so would seem to be missing the forest for all the trees. At the heart of this book (which is the part that matters) is an insightfull and usefull theory about the role of texts in Islamic legal traditions, and that is not likely to be negated simply on the basis of concerns over how it was written

Rating: 1
Summary: Comparative religion treats law
Comment: Brannon wheeler uses a comparative method to establish a theory that arguies that Hanafi lawyers in particular, and islamic jurists in general use closed circle trasmission of tradition (practices) just like divination practiced by tribes in Australia, to establish their authority and maintain role in society. The book may be looked at as a fresh take on the subject but the minimal reliance on primary sources and shaky grasp of technical terms and concepts pertaining to Islamic law canceled off any benefit that might have been bestowed by this comparative study. The ample errors in spelling and translaterations of the few Arabic words he used clearly diminished the value of the work and made it appear to look like a hasty rushed project whose authors and publishers paid litle attention, if any, to the content and the presentation.

Rating: 1
Summary: Not by any means a legal contribution...
Comment: The title of the book seem to be vesting some legal authority to a work that is more of a Comparative Religion publication than a book about Islamic Law. Wheeler, in his attempt to establish a theory on the interpretive methods of Islamic jurists (especially Hanafi, though he cover Maliki, Hanbali and Shafi'i)finds himself establishing a peculiar link between the practices of Islamic Lawyers and divination practices by some primitive tribes in the Australian Islands! Wheeler seems to adopt Emile Durkheim's method in the Study of Religions but he fails badly in establishing a logical argument. His use of Arabic references and the number of mistakes in translaterations show a loose handle on technical terms and a weak background in the field of Islamic law. Clearly he is unaware of the the debate in the field or simply incapable of presenting a legal coherent legal discourse. May be the book is better served if advertised as a study in the ritual aspects of Islamic law, rather than a book about or on Islamic Law! The book wiLL not satisfy the curiosity of students of Islamic Law and will NOT satisfy the standard set by scholars of Islamic jurisprudence in particular, and legal scholars in general. The book may be only taken seriously as a case in methodology in the discipline of comparative religion NO MORE NO LESS!