Agostino CILARDO, The Qur’anic term kalala. Studies in the Arabic language and poetry, hadith, tafsir and fiqh. Notes on the origins of the Islamic law, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2004

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (p. VIII)

INTRODUCTION (p. IX)

Chapter I: Poetry. Kalala as Collaterals (p. 1)

Chapter II: Linguistic Elaboration (p. 10)

Chapter III: Hadith Literature. Definition of Kalala (p. 20)

Chapter IV: Hadith Literature. ‘Asaba ma‘a Ghayrihi (p. 40)

Chapter V: Tafsir Literature and Juridical Elaboration: Sunni, Zaydi, Zahiri, and Ibadi Schools (p. 48)

Chapter VI: Juridical Elaboration: Isma‘ili and Imami Schools (p. 66)

CONCLUSIONS (p. 79)

APPENDIX (p. 85)

Sunni isnads (p. 85)

Imami isnads (p. 93)

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (p. 95)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (p. 101)

INDEX (p. 113)

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