37 results for “usul”
Clear filterFounder 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 ...
...e foremost mujtahids of his era. Known for his expertise in usul al-fiqh and hadith.
Maliki scholar who pioneered the study of Maqasid ash-Shariah (objectives of Islamic law) in his work al-Muwafaqat.
A major Hanbali scholar of usul al-fiqh and author of Muntaha al-Iradat.
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran through the Quran itself. A master of multiple Islamic sciences who taught at
Shafi'i scholar and author of 'Sharh Usul I'tiqad Ahl as-Sunnah,' a foundational compilation on Sunni...
Known as 'Sultan al-Ulama' (Sultan of the Scholars), a Shafi'i jurist renowned for his courage in confronting unjust rulers and his masterwork 'Qawa'id al-Ahkam
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of 'al-Ashbah wan-Naza'ir,' a masterwork on Islamic legal maxims and principles.
...f 'at-Taqrir wat-Tahbir,' an important commentary on Hanafi usul al-fiqh.
Shafi'i jurist and first teacher at the Nizamiyyah Madrasa in Baghdad, author of 'al-Muhadhdhab' and 'at-Tanbih' in Shafi'i fiqh.
Hanbali jurist and theologian of Baghdad, author of 'al-Funun,' reportedly the largest book ever written in Arabic.
...gy, author of 'al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah' and 'al-Mu'tamad fi Usul ad-Din.'
Tunisian Maliki scholar and Grand Mufti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir,' a major modern Quran commentary, and pioneering work on maqasid ash-shari'ah.
...ersity, co-author of 'al-Fiqh al-Manhaji' and specialist in usul al-fiqh.
Leading Shafi'i jurist of Baghdad and author of al-Muhadhdhab, first head of the Nizamiyya madrasa in Baghdad.
Son of Taqi al-Din al-Subki, author of Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra, the monumental biographical dictionary of Shafi'i scholars.
Encyclopedic Shafi'i scholar, author of al-Bahr al-Muhit fi Usul al-Fiqh and al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Quran.
...al theorist, known for al-Tamhid fi Takhrij al-Furu' ala al-Usul.
Leading Maliki jurist and legal theorist of 7th-century AH Egypt, author of al-Dhakhirah and al-Furuq.
Called 'Sun of the Imams,' the most important Hanafi jurist of the 5th century AH, author of the encyclopedic al-Mabsut.
...scholar of 5th-century AH Baghdad, author of al-Mu'tamad fi Usul al-Din and al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyyah.
Hanbali jurist and legal theorist, known for his controversial theory that maslaha (public interest) can override textual evidence, debated extensively by schol
Foremost Islamic scholar of the Indian subcontinent; synthesizer of the four madhabs and author of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah.
...ian polymath who wrote authoritative commentaries on kalam, usul al-fiqh, and Arabic rhetoric.
...e under Sultan Mehmed II. His Durar al-Hukkam and Mir'at al-Usul are standard Ottoman legal texts.
...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 ...
The most intellectually gifted Hanbali scholar of his era. His al-Funun is said to be the largest book ever written in Islamic civilization — reportedly 800 vol
One of the greatest usul al-fiqh scholars. His al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most...
Imam al-Haramayn, teacher of al-Ghazali and one of the greatest Ash'ari theologians and Shafi'i jurists.
Imam of Khorasan in Shafi'i fiqh and usul al-fiqh. Pioneer of systematic legal methodology in the Eas...
Leading Hanafi jurist of Baghdad. His Ahkam al-Quran is the primary Hanafi commentary on Quranic legal verses.
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 o...