A Word From the Editors  

Introduction  

Chapter One : Usul al Fiqh: Methodology for Research and Knowledge in Islamic Jurisprudence

	Definition
	Subject Matter
	Benefit
	The Sciences From Which Usul al Fiqh Derived its Academic Basis
	Origins and Development of Usul al Fiqh
	Methods For Deriving Rulings From the Sources

Chapter Two : The Sahabah who Gave Fatawa During the Prophet's Lifetime

	The Era of the Great Sahabah
	The Time of Abu Bakr al Siddiq
	Special Features of Fiqh in that Period
	The Time of 'Umar Ibn al Khattab
	The Time of 'Uthman Ibn 'Affan
	The Time of 'Ali Ibn Abu Talib
	The Fuqaha' Among the Sahabah and the Tabi'un

Chapter Three : Legislation After the Time of the Sahabah

	After the Tabi'un: The Time of the Mujtahid Imams
	Rationalists and Traditionists: Ahl al Hadith and Ahl al Ra'i

Chapter Four : Al Imam al Shafi'i

The Method of al Imam al Shafi'i in His Book: Al Risalah

Chapter Five : Usul al Fiqh After al Imam al Shafi'i

	Developments in Usul Al Fiqh After al Imam al Shafi'i
	The Role of the Followers of Abu Hanifah in the Writing of al Usul
	The Methods of the Followers of al Imam al Shafi'i, or the Mutakallimun, and those of the Hanafiyah
	The Method of the Hanafi Scholars of al Usul
	The Science of Usul al Fiqh During the Sixth Century AH and The Following Period

Chapter Six : Issues Related to Ijtihad

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