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Founder of the Shafii school and pioneer of usul al-fiqh with his foundational work al-Risalah.
Founder of the Shafi'i school and pioneer of usul al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence). His book al-Risalah is the first systematic work on Islam...
...e foremost mujtahids of his era. Known for his expertise in usul al-fiqh and hadith.
A major Hanbali scholar of usul al-fiqh and author of Muntaha al-Iradat.
...f 'at-Taqrir wat-Tahbir,' an important commentary on Hanafi usul al-fiqh.
...ersity, co-author of 'al-Fiqh al-Manhaji' and specialist in usul al-fiqh.
Encyclopedic Shafi'i scholar, author of al-Bahr al-Muhit fi Usul al-Fiqh and al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Quran.
...ian polymath who wrote authoritative commentaries on kalam, usul al-fiqh, and Arabic rhetoric.
...summary of Hanafi theology) and a commentary on al-Manar in usul al-fiqh.
The greatest scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) after al-Ghazali. His al-Muwafaqat revolutionized usul al-...
One of the greatest usul al-fiqh scholars. His al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most technic...
Imam of Khorasan in Shafi'i fiqh and usul al-fiqh. Pioneer of systematic legal methodology in the East.
Maliki scholar of Granada whose al-Muwafaqat is the foundational text on Maqasid al-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law).
A leading contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (b. 1944), founding CEO of the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, and author
A towering Egyptian scholar (1898-1974 CE), professor at Cairo University and al-Azhar, author of landmark works in Islamic jurisprudence, comparative fiqh, and
...r of the Shafi'i school and father of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Author of al-Risalah, the first systematic work on jurisp...
...amic law (maqasid ash-shariah). Revolutionized the field of usul al-fiqh.
... analogy and legal stratagems. The work is both a manual of usul al-fiqh and a passionate defense of deriving rulings from evidence ...
...i'i. The first systematic treatise on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) ever written. Imam ash-Shafi'i laid out the foundations of...
... became one of the most widely taught introductory texts on usul al-fiqh, with numerous commentaries written on it across the centur...
By Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. The most important work of usul al-fiqh in the Hanbali school. Ibn Qudamah based it on al-Ghazali's...
By Imam ash-Shawkani. A comprehensive work on usul al-fiqh by the great Yemeni mujtahid ash-Shawkani. The author surve...
By Imam al-Ghazali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunni Islam, alongside ar-Risalah, al-Mu'tamad, and al-B...
... important and comprehensive works on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Ar-Razi synthesized the approaches of al-Ghazali's al-Mus...
... became a standard advanced textbook. Al-Amidi presents the principles of jurisprudence with exceptional logical rigor, examining the Quran, Sunnah...
...ology for deriving rulings. This revolutionary work created usul al-fiqh as a distinct discipline and influenced all subsequent lega...
...the Nizamiyyah college in Baghdad. Ash-Shirazi presents the principles of jurisprudence in a clear, logical format that makes it ideal for intermed...
By Imam al-Juwayni. A masterwork of Shafi'i legal theory by al-Ghazali's teacher, Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni. Known for its depth and originality, this work in
...ndent discipline of Islamic law, not merely a subsidiary of usul al-fiqh. His work renewed scholarly interest in purpose-based legal...
... is also famous for his work on legal maxims (al-Furuq) and usul al-fiqh.
...ial for proper juristic reasoning. This work revolutionized usul al-fiqh by systematizing the theory of maslahah (public interest) a...
... standard at many Islamic universities. Az-Zuhayli presents usul al-fiqh in accessible academic language while maintaining scholarly...
... as a prerequisite for legal reasoning and systematizes the principles of jurisprudence with philosophical precision. This work shaped the entire l...
.... A comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated work on usul al-fiqh that builds on al-Ghazali's Al-Mustasfa. Ar-Razi brings his...
...Sayf ad-Din al-Amidi. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh. Al-Amidi synthesizes the methodologies of al-Ghazali and a...
...Taj ad-Din as-Subki. A concise and authoritative summary of usul al-fiqh that became the most studied text in the field within the S...
...ms al-A'immah as-Sarakhsi. The primary reference for Hanafi usul al-fiqh, presenting the distinctive Hanafi methodology of legal rea...
... ash-Shawkani. A comprehensive and independent treatment of usul al-fiqh by the great Yemeni mujtahid.
By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. A rigorous academic study of usul al-fiqh: sources of Islamic law, methods of legal reasoning, ijtiha...
By Ibn al-Qayyim. Ibn al-Qayyim's major work on usul al-fiqh and the conditions of ijtihad. A masterpiece on Islamic leg...
The school that systematized usul al-fiqh: Imam al-Shafi'i, his Risalah, and the school's global infl...
An introduction to the principles scholars use to derive rulings from the Quran, Sunnah, ijma, and qiyas.
...legal theory and wrote al-Risala, the first treatise on the principles of jurisprudence.