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Was There an Early Imāmī Shīʿī Legal System?

Summary by Islamic Law Blog
By Edmund Hayes When we speak of Shīʿī law, we usually mean the legal edifice of Twelver Shīʿīsm, which developed in the centuries following the collapse of the historical imamate with the death of the eleventh Imam in 260/874. In this series of essays, I am going to ask what role the Imams had in making and implementing law during their lifetimes, and how legal functions were negotiated between the Imams and their community. Was there something…
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Islamic Law Blog broke the news in on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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