Kitab al-Umm

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Kitab al-Umm is a foundational Islamic legal text by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically presents his jurisprudential methodology and rulings, forming the basis of the Shafi'i school of law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal text
classical Arabic work
fiqh book
associatedWith Usul al-fiqh principles of al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
author Imam al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i NERFINISHED
basisFor Shafi'i school of law NERFINISHED
circulatesIn regions following Shafi'i madhhab
citedBy classical Sunni jurists
citedIn later Shafi'i legal compendia
contains discussion of ijma
discussion of qiyas
legal reasoning based on Qur'an
legal reasoning based on hadith
responses to opposing legal views
describes jurisprudential methodology of al-Shafi'i
legal rulings in Shafi'i school
fieldOfWork Islamic law
genre fiqh manual
legal treatise
hasPart chapters on acts of worship
chapters on criminal law
chapters on inheritance
chapters on jihad and public law
chapters on judicial procedure
chapters on marriage and family law
chapters on oaths and vows
chapters on transactions
hasTitleTranslation The Book of the Foundation NERFINISHED
The Mother Book NERFINISHED
historicalContext formative period of Sunni legal schools
influenced development of Shafi'i madhhab
later Shafi'i jurists
language Arabic
mainSubject Islamic jurisprudence
Shafi'i fiqh NERFINISHED
notableFor foundational status in Shafi'i jurisprudence
systematic presentation of al-Shafi'i’s fiqh
preservedAs multi-volume work
religiousTradition Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
schoolOfLaw Shafi'i school NERFINISHED
script Arabic script
timePeriod early Abbasid era
usedBy Shafi'i jurists
students of Islamic law
usedIn traditional madrasah curricula
writtenBy founder of the Shafi'i school

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Al-Shafi'i notableWork Kitab al-Umm