The Kitab al-kasb attributed to al-Shaybani: poverty, surplus, and the circulation of wealth.(early Islam)

From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: July 1, 2001| Author: Bonner, Michael | Copyright information

Modern discussions of asceticism and accumulation of capital in the early Islamic world cite a Kitab al-kasb attributed to al-Shaybani. This book is actually something of a collective Hanafi production, with much of its content traceable to al-Sarakhsi. However, it does contain a core of sayings or doctrines that can be attributed to Shaybani himself. Unlike the later Hanafis, Shaybani in the Kasb does not express hostility to radical ascetics. In fact he seems to say more about po...

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