An epistemological shift: From Sunna to Šarīʿa and the breach of modern times
Rocio Daga Portillo Professor of Islamology at Munich University icon-calendar Tuesday March 28ᵗʰ, 2017 It is striking to note that in the Qurʾān and the oldest texts the term Sunna is used more often than the term Šarīʿa in order to mean the law. The word Sunna used to refer to the oral law transmitted by