al-Maḥṣūl fī ʿIlm Uṣūl al-Fiqh
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al-Maḥṣūl fī ʿIlm Uṣūl al-Fiqh is a seminal medieval treatise on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence that synthesizes and critiques earlier legal theory works.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal theory treatise
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work on uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ |
| aim |
evaluation of competing legal methodologies
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systematization of principles of Islamic law ⓘ |
| audience | specialist students of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Islamic educational institutions ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| contains |
arguments for and against major doctrinal positions
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detailed discussions of legal evidences ⓘ technical terminology of uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal treatise on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| discipline | Islamic legal theory ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
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uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
authority of Qurʾān in law
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authority of ḥadīth in law ⓘ classification of legal rulings ⓘ conditions of ijtihād ⓘ epistemology of legal rulings ⓘ ijmāʿ (consensus) ⓘ legal maxims ⓘ methods of legal reasoning ⓘ qiyās (analogical reasoning) ⓘ relationship between reason and revelation in law ⓘ sources of Islamic law ⓘ status of mujtahid ⓘ |
| genre | legal theory ⓘ |
| influenced | later works in Islamic legal theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier uṣūl al-fiqh literature ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| method |
critical analysis of previous legal theories
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synthesis of earlier uṣūl al-fiqh works ⓘ |
| period | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| status | authoritative reference in uṣūl al-fiqh ⓘ |
| studiedIn | madrasas ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
abrogation (naskh) in Islamic law
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conflict of evidences and their resolution ⓘ interpretation of legal texts ⓘ linguistic principles in legal derivation ⓘ scope of legal obligation ⓘ theory of legal proof (adilla sharʿiyya) ⓘ |
| tradition | classical Islamic scholarship ⓘ |
| usedIn | advanced study of Islamic law ⓘ |
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