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The Historiography of Islamic Law: The Case of Tarikh al-Tashri‘ Literature

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Tarikh al-Tashri‘ (the history of sharia affairs) is a relatively new genre of Islamic historiography and very popular among students of Islamic Law. Despite its popularity, academics of Islamic historiography seem not interested in studying it. There is hardly any academic paper seriously studied the literature. This paper is a first effort to explore the Tarikhu’t-tashri‘ literature through a historiographical analysis. As an initial exploration, it argues that Tarikh al-Tashri‘ is the latest development of Islamic historiography, developed in the 19th century, but it is a genre of the old Islamic historiography with some new elements. The new elements are influenced by both modern Western historiography and the need to re-open the supposedly closed gate of ijtihad. The paper studied books of Tarikh al-Tashri‘ available during the research between 2013-2015. [Tarikh al-Tashri‘ adalah genre yang relatif ‘baru’ dalam matarantai perkembangan historiografi Islam­. Literatur ini sangat popular dan menjadi mata kuliah wajib di fakultas-fakultas Syariah di Indonesia maupun Timur Tengah. Hanya saja, meskipun ia sangat populer sebagai mata pelajaran, Tarikh al-Tashri‘ belum banyak menarik minat para peneliti historiografi. Makalah in berusaha mengeksplorasi literatur Tarikh al-Tashri‘ dengan pendekatan historiografi. Makalah ini berpendapat bahwa Tarikh al-Tashri‘, meski terlihat ‘modern’ dari segi kelahirannya, tidak banyak berbeda dengan literatur historiografi klasik. Perbedaan terjadi karena adanya pengaruh historiografi Barat dalam model penulisannya dan karena kebutuhan untuk membuka kembali pintu ijtihad yang tertutup. Kajian dilakukan terhadap kitab-kitab Tarikh al-Tashri‘ yang dapat ditemukan selama riset antara 2013-2015?]

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