Minor Marriage in Early Islamic Law

Carolyn G. Baugh, Ph.D. (2011), University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of History at Gannon University. In addition to scholarly articles, she has translated Ibn Khaldūn’s treatise on Sufism, Shifāʾ al-sāʾil fī tahdhīb al-masāʾil for the Library of Arabic Literature.

Part One: The Early Formative Era
Chapter One: Contextualizing and Conceptualizing Minor Marriage
Chapter Two: The Early Compendia
Chapter Three: Early Ḥanafī Thought
Chapter Four: Early Mālikī Thought
Chapter Five: Al-Shāfiʿī

Part Two; Consensus, Consensus Writing, Post-Formative Era Writing, and Whether Consensus Matters
Chapter Six: Consensus
Chapter Seven: Writing Consensus
Chapter Eight: Post-Formative Era Thought on Minor Marriage
Conclusion: Does Consensus Matter?

Appendix: Excerpts from the Early Compendia
Bibliography
Index