al-Juwayni's al-Burhan fi Usul al-Fiqh
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al-Juwayni's al-Burhan fi Usul al-Fiqh is a foundational Shafi'i treatise on Islamic legal theory that systematized principles of jurisprudence and profoundly shaped later works in the discipline.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Burhan fi usul al-fiqh | 1 |
| al-Juwayni’s al-Burhan | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal theory treatise
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Shafi'i legal theory text ⓘ usul al-fiqh work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify methods of legal deduction
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systematize principles of jurisprudence ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nizamiyya of Nishapur intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| author | Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSchool | Shafi'i school of law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy | later usul al-fiqh commentators ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
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usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Qur'an as legal source
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Sunna as legal source ⓘ abrogation (naskh) ⓘ commands and prohibitions ⓘ conflict of evidences ⓘ general and particular expressions ⓘ ijma' ⓘ legal maxims ⓘ literal and figurative meanings ⓘ methods of ijtihad ⓘ principles of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ qiyas ⓘ theory of legal evidence ⓘ |
| hasGenre | scholarly treatise ⓘ |
| hasModernEdition | critical printed editions in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sections on juristic disagreement
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sections on linguistic principles ⓘ sections on reasoning and analogy ⓘ sections on sources of law ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's works on usul al-fiqh
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al-Ghazali's al-Mustasfa NERFINISHED ⓘ later Shafi'i usul literature ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| madhhab | Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodology |
dialectical kalam-based approach
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rational-analytical argumentation ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
foundational Shafi'i treatise on usul al-fiqh
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major classical reference in usul al-fiqh ⓘ systematic exposition of legal theory ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume work in some editions ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | البرهان في أصول الفقه NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Shafi'i jurists
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Sunni legal theorists ⓘ |
| usedIn | advanced study of Islamic law ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Al-Burhan fi usul al-fiqh
subject surface form:
al-Mustasfa
this entity surface form:
al-Juwayni’s al-Burhan