al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali

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Al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali is a seminal classical treatise on Islamic legal theory that systematically analyzes the principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law.

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instanceOf book
treatise
work of Islamic legal theory
aim to clarify epistemic status of legal proofs
to systematize usul al-fiqh
author al‑Ghazali
surface form: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

al‑Ghazali
surface form: al-Ghazali
circulation widely studied in traditional madrasas
contains classification of evidences
discussion of mujtahid qualifications
logical preliminaries
dateWrittenApprox early 12th century
discusses Qur’an as a source of law
Sunnah as a source of law
abrogation (naskh)
categories of legal rulings
commands and prohibitions in language
conditions of ijtihad
ijma (consensus)
legal maxims
linguistic indications of legal meaning
qiyas (analogical reasoning)
epistemologicalConcern certainty and probability in legal reasoning
field Islamic legal theory
Usul al-fiqh
surface form: usul al-fiqh
focus principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law
genre scholastic jurisprudence
hasCommentaries multiple later scholarly commentaries
influenced later usul al-fiqh manuals
post-classical Sunni legal theory
influencedBy Shafi‘i usul tradition
al-Juwayni's al-Burhan fi Usul al-Fiqh
surface form: al-Juwayni’s al-Burhan
language Arabic
madhhabContext Al-Shafi'i
surface form: Shafi‘i
methodology rationalist argumentation within Sunni framework
systematic analysis of legal proofs
partOf al-Ghazali’s legal-theoretical corpus
placeContext Seljuk Empire
surface form: Seljuk period
preservation survives in numerous manuscript copies
regardedAs one of al-Ghazali’s major juridical works
seminal work in usul al-fiqh
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
shortTitle Al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul
surface form: al-Mustasfa min ‘ilm al-usul
structure four parts
titleInArabic Al-Mustasfa min 'Ilm al-Usul
surface form: المستصفى من علم الأصول
translatedInto modern languages including English (partial and full translations)
usedIn advanced Islamic legal studies

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Usul al-fiqh hasMajorWork al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali