Usul al-Fiqh

by Shah Abdul Hannan

Contents:

Introduction
The Quran
The Sunnah
Interpretation-I
Interpretation-II
Command, Prohibitions and Nask
Ijma (Consensus Of Opinion)
Qiyas (Analogical Deduction)
Revealed Laws prior to Shariah of Islam & Fatwa of Sahaba
Istihsan and Maslaha
Urf and Istishab
Sadd al Dharai and Hukm Sharii
Taarud and Ijtihad
Reference Books

Reference Books

  1. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, by Mohammad Hashim Kamali, The Islamic Texts Society, 5 Green Street, Cambridge, CB2 3JU, UK, 1991.
  2. The Doctrin of Ijma in Islam, by Ahmad Hasan, Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad, 1970.
  3. The Philosophy of Jurisprudence in Islam, by Subhi Rajab Mahmassani, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1961.
  4. Principles of Muhammadan Jurisprudence, by Abdur Rahim, Luzac and Co., London, 1911.
  5. Various books and papers on "Usul al-Fiqh" by Dr. Taha Jabir al-Alwani, published by IIIT, USA.
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