At-Turuq al-Hukmiyyah

الطرق الحكمية

By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah 751h (1350 CE) 1 volumes

A specialized work on Islamic judicial policy (siyasah shar'iyyah) and the methods of determining truth in legal proceedings. Ibn al-Qayyim discusses circumstantial evidence, expert testimony, and investigative techniques that judges may use, showing that Islamic law accommodates sophisticated evidentiary reasoning.