Islamic Legal Theory: Based on Al-Juwayni's Waraqat Fi Usul Al-Fiqh

Abstract

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Legal Science and Its Roots -- 2 Legal Values -- 3 Knowledge and Its Opposites -- 4 Subdivisions of the Discipline of Legal Theory -- 5 Types of Speech -- 6 Commands and Prohibitions -- 7 General and Particular Expressions -- 8 Summarized, Clarified, Apparent, and Reinterpreted Speech -- 9 The Actions of the Prophet as a Form of Revelation -- 10 Abrogating and Abrogated Speech -- 11 Section on Contradictions -- 12 Consensus -- 13 Reports from the Prophet -- 14 Reasoning by Analogy -- 15 Forbiddance and Permission -- 16 The Prioritizing of Evidence -- 17 Characteristics of the Issuer of Legal Opinion and the Seeker of Legal Opinion -- 18 The Status of Those Who Engage in Diligent Inquiry -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Critical Edition of Ibnal‑Firkāḥ's Arabic Text -- Back Cover.