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Title: Inevitable Doubt: Two Theories of Shi‘ Jurisprudence
Author: Robert Gleave
Publisher: Brill
This is a monograph designed for advanced students. This book examines the works of two scholars on opposite ends of the Akhbari/Usuli debate in the 18th century: Al-Bahrani’s Akhbari al-Hada’iq al-nadira fi ahkam al’itra al-tahira and Al-Bihbani’s Usuli al-Fawa’id al-ha’riyya. Although the two works were not directly related to each other (i.e., one is not a response to the other), Gleave is able to distill their arguments and provide them in a manner that is logical for the reader. Broadly speaking, the difference between the two schools can be summed up by a difference in approach to knowledge and certainty. Gleave argues that Bahrani’s approach was driven by caution (although required more acceptance of reports by the Imams), whereas Bihbahani’s approach was driven by achieving probabilistic knowledge.
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