Skip to main content

3 results for “legal-theory”

People (2) Articles (1)
People 2 results
modern Mustafa az-Zarqa

Syrian Hanafi jurist and one of the foremost authorities on Islamic law in the modern period. Author of al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi al-Amm and a pioneer in codifying Is

ottoman Ibn Nujaym al-Misri

Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of 'al-Ashbah wan-Naza'ir,' a masterwork on Islamic legal maxims and principles.

Articles 1 result
History Imam al-Shafi'i: Founder of Legal Theory

How al-Shafi'i systematized the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence in his revolutionary work al-Risalah, uniting the Hijazi and Iraqi schools of thought.