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... Imam ash-Shafi'i. The first systematic treatise on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) ever written. Imam ash-Shafi'i laid out the ...
... al-Mustasfa while incorporating the Hanbali perspective on legal theory, particularly regarding the authority of Companion opinions...
...hid ash-Shawkani. The author surveys all major positions in legal theory across the schools, evaluates them critically, and argues f...
...isalah, al-Mu'tamad, and al-Burhan. Al-Ghazali systematized legal theory with philosophical precision, incorporating Aristotelian lo...
...ne of the most important and comprehensive works on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Ar-Razi synthesized the approaches of al-Gh...
By Sayf ad-Din al-Amidi. A masterwork of Islamic legal theory that became a standard advanced textbook. Al-Amidi presents...
...bjectives of Islamic law (maqasid ash-shariah) that shifted legal theory from focusing solely on textual evidence to considering the...
...oader legal reasoning. A key text for understanding Islamic legal theory in practice.
By Imam ash-Shafi'i. The first systematic work on Islamic legal theory ever written. Ash-Shafi'i laid out the hierarchy of legal s...
...y Abu Ishaq ash-Shirazi. A widely studied primer on Shafi'i legal theory by the first teacher at the Nizamiyyah college in Baghdad. ...
By Imam al-Juwayni. A masterwork of Shafi'i legal theory by al-Ghazali's teacher, Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. Known...
...bn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. A groundbreaking work on Islamic legal theory that emphasizes the objectives and spirit of the law. Ibn a...
...azi brings his formidable philosophical training to bear on legal theory, producing one of the most intellectually demanding works i...
...d Abu Zahrah. A landmark work on the foundations of Islamic legal theory examining the Quran, Sunnah, ijma, and qiyas as sources of ...
...iqh and the conditions of ijtihad. A masterpiece on Islamic legal theory, fatwa-giving, and the relationship between revelation and ...