This volume looks at the notion of legitimacy in §early Islam , specifically as it was held by an §important early scholar in Islam , namely Al-§Awz . the importance of al-Awz lies not only §in his scholarship and his ruling vis-à-vis §authority but more importantly his historical §context . al-Awz lived during the latter days of §the Umayyad dynasty and saw their removal by the §Abbasids . His interaction with the new regime and §his understanding of its (il) legitimacy did not §just have political ramifications but rather §affected some fundamental ideas of belief and §disbelief . This , in turn , was a consequence of §his theological beliefs . So it is essential for §researchers to understand that the relationship §between the scholars and caliphs needs to be §interpreted in terms of the scholar s theology .§The book begins by looking at the life and §scholarship of al-Awz before undertaking the §authentication of letters between al-Awz and the §Abbasid authorities . once authenticated , we §analyze the implications of the above correspondence §for the notions of legitimacy , authority , belief §and disbelief . ukryj opis