In this challenging and thought-provoking monograph, Ahmad Atif Ahmad
draws on the issue of futūr al-Sharī‘a (the end of access to divine guidance
due to the absence of qualified jurists) to explore how early Muslim scholars
debated its possible loss. Basing himself upon the analysis of medieval Sunni
legal and theological texts, the author divides his monograph into four parts:
Part I, “Foundations,” chapters 1-3; Part II, “Jurists and Nonjurists,” chapters
4-6; Part III, “Modernity and Its Questions,” chapters 7-8; and Part IV, “Beyond
Modernity,” chapters 9-10.
American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences