Usul al-fiqh
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Usul al-fiqh is the Islamic discipline that lays down the methodological principles and rules for deriving legal rulings from the primary sources of Sharia.
Aliases (4)
- Ijtihad ×1
- Islamic jurisprudence ×1
- Usul al‑Fiqh ×1
- usul al‑fiqh ×1
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic discipline
→
Islamic legal theory → branch of Islamic studies → |
| appliesTo |
Sharia
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| developedIn |
early Islamic centuries
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| distinguishedFrom |
fiqh
→
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| fieldOfStudy |
methodology of Islamic law
→
principles of Islamic jurisprudence → |
| hasAim |
derivation of legal rulings
→
preservation of Sharia objectives → systematization of legal methodology → |
| hasConcept |
amm and khass
→
amr and nahi → azimah → dalalat al-alfaz → fatwa → haram → hukm shar‘i → ijma → ijtihad → istihsan → istishab → makruh → mandub → mani → maslahah mursalah → mubah → mutlaq and muqayyad → naskh → qati and zanni evidence → qiyas → rukhsah → sabab → shart → takhsis → taqlid → urf → wajib → |
| hasMajorWork |
al-Bahr al-Muhit of al-Zarkashi
→
al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali → al-Muwafaqat of al-Shatibi → al-Risala of al-Shafi‘i → |
| hasPrimarySource |
Quran
→
Sunnah → |
| hasSecondarySource |
ijma
→
qiyas → |
| hasSubfield |
maqasid al-shariah
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| influencedBy |
Arabic linguistics
→
Islamic theology → Prophetic traditions → Quranic exegesis → |
| languageOfClassicalTexts |
Arabic
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| relatedTo |
fiqh
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| studies |
legal reasoning in Islam
→
methods of deriving legal rulings → sources of Islamic law → |
| taughtIn |
Islamic seminaries
→
faculties of Sharia → |
| usedBy |
mujtahid
→
|
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Islamic ethics
("usul al‑fiqh")
→
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basedOn |
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Ijma
("Usul al‑Fiqh")
→
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partOf |
|
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
("Ijtihad")
→
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philosophicalConcept |
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Sunnah
→
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relatedConcept |
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Qiyas
("Islamic jurisprudence")
→
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usedIn |