The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory
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The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory is an English rendering of al-Ghazali’s seminal work in Islamic legal theory, presenting the foundational principles and methods of deriving Islamic law.
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| The Essentials from the Science of Legal Theory canonical | 1 |
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English translation
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book ⓘ work on Islamic legal theory ⓘ |
| aim |
to explain the principles of deriving Islamic legal rulings
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to present al-Ghazali’s legal theory to an English-speaking audience ⓘ |
| basedOn | al-Ghazali’s al-Mustasfa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversPeriod | classical Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic legal theory
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Usul al-fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic studies
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religious jurisprudence ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
conflict of evidences
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dalil (legal proof) ⓘ ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) ⓘ linguistic analysis of legal texts ⓘ taqlid (legal following) ⓘ usul (roots) of law ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | al-Mustasfa min Ilm al-Usul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Shafiʿi legal methodology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general English-speaking readers interested in Islamic law
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scholars of Islamic studies ⓘ students of Islamic law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Abu Hamid al-Ghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| subject |
Qur’an as a legal source
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Sunna as a legal source ⓘ analogical reasoning (qiyas) ⓘ classification of legal rulings ⓘ consensus (ijmaʿ) ⓘ foundational principles of Islamic law ⓘ interpretation of legal texts ⓘ legal maxims ⓘ methods of deriving Islamic law ⓘ obligation and permissibility in Islamic law ⓘ role of reason in legal deduction ⓘ sources of Islamic law ⓘ theory of evidence in Islamic law ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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