Al-Risala

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Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal treatise
Sunni jurisprudential text
work of usul al-fiqh
aimsTo clarify evidentiary value of legal sources
systematize principles of Islamic jurisprudence
associatedWith codification of Sunni legal theory
author Al-Shafi'i
surface form: Imam al-Shafi'i

Al-Shafi'i
surface form: Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
canonicalStatus classical reference in usul al-fiqh
describedAs foundational text of Sunni legal theory
systematic exposition of usul al-fiqh
explains abrogation (naskh)
authority of the Qur'an
authority of the Sunnah
commands and prohibitions in Islamic law
conditions for accepting hadith as evidence
conditions for valid analogy
conditions for valid consensus
general and specific expressions in scripture
hierarchy of legal evidences
linguistic principles in legal derivation
reports (khabar) and their probative force
rules of interpretation of texts
solitary reports (khabar al-wahid)
focusesOn Qur'an as a legal source
Sunnah as a legal source
ijma (consensus)
legal reasoning methodology
qiyas (analogical reasoning)
sources of Islamic law
genre Islamic legal methodology
fiqh theory
hasCommentaryBy later Shafi'i scholars
historicalPeriod early Abbasid era
influenced Shafi'i jurisprudence
Sunni usul al-fiqh
later Sunni legal theorists
language Arabic
legalSchool Shafi'i school
mainSubject Islamic legal theory
principles of jurisprudence
Usul al-fiqh
surface form: usul al-fiqh
regionOfOrigin Islamic world
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
studiedIn Shafi'i legal curricula
traditional madrasas
titleMeaning The Epistle
usedFor defining methodology of deriving rulings
training jurists in legal reasoning

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Shafi'i school hasText Al-Risala
Usul al-fiqh hasMajorWork Al-Risala
this entity surface form: al-Risala of al-Shafi‘i
al-Qushayri mainWork Al-Risala
this entity surface form: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
Al-Shafi'i notableWork Al-Risala