See no evil: Morality and methodology in IBN al-qattān al-fāsī's ahkām al-nazar bi-hāssat al-basar

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Abstract

This essay examines the worldviews underlying, and discursive techniques informing, the jurisprudence of a scholastically unaffiliated and highly original Muslim jurist. It attempts to elucidate the argumentation of a dense and often difficult work, specifically in connection with the twin Qurānic injunctions to "lower one's eyes" (ghadd al-basar) and "guard one's modesty" (hifz al-farj). At the same time, it uses this text as a test case for a preliminary theory of Islamic morality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)342-390
Number of pages49
JournalIslamic Law and Society
Volume14
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Nov 2007

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