Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf

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Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf is a scholarly Islamic treatise by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi that analyzes the reasons behind juristic disagreements among Muslim legal schools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic treatise
fiqh treatise
scholarly work
aimsTo explain causes of disagreement among jurists
promote understanding between legal schools
analyzes differences in usul al-fiqh among madhhabs
role of hadith in legal disagreement
role of linguistic interpretation in ikhtilaf
role of qiyas in legal disagreement
associatedWith Hanafi school NERFINISHED
Indian subcontinent Islamic scholarship
Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
author Shah Waliullah Dehlawi NERFINISHED
discusses epistemic status of juristic opinions
limits of acceptable disagreement
taqlid and ijtihad
field Islamic studies
legal theory
focusesOn differences among Sunni legal schools
methodological causes of legal disagreement
usul al-fiqh principles
genre Islamic jurisprudence
theological-legal analysis
hasPerspectiveOn plurality of legal opinions in Islam
unity of ummah despite legal differences
historicalContext Mughal India NERFINISHED
influenced later South Asian Islamic scholarship
intendedAudience scholars of fiqh and usul
students of Islamic law
language Arabic
mainSubject Islamic legal theory
comparative fiqh
juristic disagreement in Islam
reasons for ikhtilaf
methodology comparative analysis of madhhabs
historical analysis of juristic methods
partOf Shah Waliullah Dehlawi’s reformist project
perspective Sunni orthodox
relatedTo Hujjat Allah al-Baligha NERFINISHED
works on usul al-fiqh
religion Islam
seeksTo clarify legitimate scope of ikhtilaf
reduce sectarian polemics over fiqh differences
writtenBy Shah Waliullah Dehlawi NERFINISHED

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al-Insaf by al-Mardawi alternativeName Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
subject surface form: Al-Insaf
this entity surface form: al-Insaf fi Maʿrifat al-Rajih min al-Khilaf
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi notableWork Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
al-Mardawi notableWork Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
this entity surface form: al‑Insaf fi Maʿrifat al‑Rajih min al‑Khilaf
al-Insaf by al-Mardawi titleInArabicScript Al-Insaf fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf
subject surface form: Al-Insaf
this entity surface form: الإنصاف في معرفة الراجح من الخلاف