34 results for “usul”
Clear filter...amic law (maqasid ash-shariah). Revolutionized the field of usul al-fiqh.
...uranic cross-referencing with detailed discussions of fiqh, usul, Arabic grammar, and hadith. The work is renowned for its d...
... analogy and legal stratagems. The work is both a manual of usul al-fiqh and a passionate defense of deriving rulings from e...
By Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari. A creedal work by the founder of the Ash'ari school, written after his famous departure from Mu'tazili theology. In this text, al-As
By Al-Lalika'i. A massive compilation of creedal statements and narrations from the Prophet, the Companions, the Tabi'in, and later scholars of Ahl us-Sunnah, o
By Ibn Kathir. A focused seerah work by the author of al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, extracted and reorganized from the seerah sections of his larger historical work.
...i'i. The first systematic treatise on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) ever written. Imam ash-Shafi'i laid out the founda...
... became one of the most widely taught introductory texts on usul al-fiqh, with numerous commentaries written on it across th...
By Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. The most important work of usul al-fiqh in the Hanbali school. Ibn Qudamah based it on al-G...
By Imam ash-Shawkani. A comprehensive work on usul al-fiqh by the great Yemeni mujtahid ash-Shawkani. The auth...
By Imam al-Ghazali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunni Islam, alongside ar-Risalah, al-Mu'tamad, ...
By Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. A short but foundational text on the three questions every person will be asked in the grave: Who is your Lord? What is your relig
... important and comprehensive works on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). Ar-Razi synthesized the approaches of al-Ghazali'...
By Sayf ad-Din al-Amidi. A masterwork of Islamic legal theory that became a standard advanced textbook. Al-Amidi presents the principles of jurisprudence with e
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi. Ibn Hazm's articulation of Zahiri legal methodology, rejecting qiyas (analogy) and emphasizing the apparent meaning of texts. A brillia
...ology for deriving rulings. This revolutionary work created usul al-fiqh as a distinct discipline and influenced all subsequ...
By Abu Ishaq ash-Shirazi. A widely studied primer on Shafi'i legal theory by the first teacher at the Nizamiyyah college in Baghdad. Ash-Shirazi presents the pr
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-bas...
... 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 int...
By Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari. A creedal work written after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari left the Mu'tazili school, in which he affirms the theology of Imam Ahmad and t
By Abu al-Mu'in an-Nasafi. The most comprehensive work of Maturidi theology, systematically presenting the theological positions of the Maturidi school with det
... standard at many Islamic universities. Az-Zuhayli presents usul al-fiqh in accessible academic language while maintaining s...
...Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunni Islam. Al-Ghazali introduces Aristotelian ...
.... A comprehensive and philosophically sophisticated work on usul al-fiqh that builds on al-Ghazali's Al-Mustasfa. Ar-Razi br...
...Sayf ad-Din al-Amidi. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh. Al-Amidi synthesizes the methodologies of al-Ghaza...
...Taj ad-Din as-Subki. A concise and authoritative summary of usul al-fiqh that became the most studied text in the field with...
...ms al-A'immah as-Sarakhsi. The primary reference for Hanafi usul al-fiqh, presenting the distinctive Hanafi methodology of l...
...mmentary on Fakhr al-Islam al-Bazdawi's foundational Hanafi usul text. This commentary explains the dense original with exte...
... 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...
By Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal's foundational text on Ahl al-Sunnah beliefs. Covers faith in Allah's attributes, the Quran, the Companions, and the
By Ibn al-Qayyim. Ibn al-Qayyim's major work on usul al-fiqh and the conditions of ijtihad. A masterpiece on Isl...