An introduction the development of Islamic Law. What is Ijmāʿ? What are the schools of Islamic Law and what are their methodologies? How well were these methodologies preserved? How critical were different schools of each other? How did methodologies in Islamic Law develop as other sciences developed? al-Shāfiʿī, Ḥadīth, and validating opinions to the outsider. The geographic distribution of the various schools of thought. The impact of the Salafi Movement on the Muslim world and the idea of following a Madhhab. Maqāṣid ash-Sharīʿa (purposes of the Shariah). The Law vs. Letter of the Law.
Bio of Shaykh Aamir: https://nelc.uchicago.edu/aamir-bashir
