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Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul (Arabic: المستصفى من علم الأصول) or On Legal theory of Muslim Jurisprudence is a 12th-century treatise written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali (Q.S) the leading legal theorist of his time. A highly celebrated work of al-Ghazali on Usul Al-Fiqh.
The Epistle on Legal Theoryis the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muham...
28 de jul. de 2023 · Law in the Islamic tradition is technically fiqh, which includes the legal use of canonical – sacred – Urtexts (the Qur’an and sunna ). Islamic law embraces modes of interpretation, case-law in courts, fatwas and the art of judges and mufti s, and the practice of notary-publics.
15 de oct. de 2015 · The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204/820), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought, one of the four rites in Sunni Islam.
10 de sept. de 2015 · This article reviews scholarship on the history of Sunni usul al-fiqh—also known as “Islamic jurisprudence,” “legal theory,” “source law,” “legal methodology,” and “proofs of the law” (usul al-fiqh adillatuhu)—during the premodern period.
8 de ene. de 2021 · In modern Islamic studies, maṣlaḥa is commonly understood in consequentialist/utilitarian terms. In situations of moral uncertainty, Muslims should aim to promote choices that maximize the good. In this article, I offer three insights into the nature of moral reasoning in Islamic legal theory.
Legal maxims are theoretical abstractions in the form, usually, of short epithetical statements that are expressive, often in a few words, of the goals and objectives of Sharfa. They consist mainly of statements of prin ciples that are derived from the detailed reading of the rules of fiqh on various themes.
