Text and Interpretation: Imam Jaʿfar Al-Ṣādiq and His Legacy in Islamic Law

Text and Interpretation examines the main characteristics of the legal thought of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, preeminent religious scholar jurist of Medina in the first half of the second century of the Muslim calendar. This book presents an intellectual history of how the Ja'fari school began and examines the scholar's interpretive approach.