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  1. Mar 21, 2016 · 1 The Qurʾān and the Sunna. The two primary and transmitted sources of Islamic Law are the Qur ʾa¯n and the. Sunna (Prophetic traditions and practices). This combination of the two crucial....

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    • Introduction: The Early Muslim State
    • Sharīaʿ
    • Fiqh
    • Uṣūl al-Fiqh
    • Qiyas (Analogy)
    • Furūʿ al-Fiqh (Branches of the Law)

    Islam is one of the three Abrahamic monotheistic religions and one of the most widely followed religions in the world. The literal translation of the word Islam means surrender or submission, 1 in this case to God. Followers of the religion believe in prophet Muḥammad, whose message was received in the seventh century in the form of scripture, com...

    Attempting to define Islamic law proves to be a daunting task. Because of the dynamic nature of the legal system and the absence of a unified code, but not the absence of authoritative texts, any definition of Islamic law is bound to over or under inclusion depending on the approach taken by the different schools of thought to this highly rich fiel...

    The term fiqh (or fik̟h) refers to juristic efforts aiming at coming up with rules that are compliant with sharīaʿ. After the death of the prophet, the early Muslim community was confronted with the issue of regulating life in accordance with Islamic law. While, as mentioned earlier, the Qur’an’s centrality was evident from the beginning, the socia...

    With later development of Islamic law, fiqh was divided to two main categories. The first category, Usūl al-Fiqh (trans. sources of the law), referred to jurisprudential theories addressing the hierarchy of the sources. Early Muslim scholarship did not develop a reasoning theory that applied to different legal questions and was more willing to shif...

    Qiyās managed to take prominence as the primary manner of exercising ijtihād. After the death of the prophet, it was understood that the era of revelation ceased and that Muslims no longer have access to the figure of the prophet to resort to when facing complex unprecedented issues. While the Qur’an contained a limited number of rulings, it indic...

    In contrast to usūl al-fiqh as a branch of legal study, works of furū addressed the different legal subject matters and after the gradual development of usūl theories, implemented such theories to different legal questions facing the community. Works of furūʿ are older than works of usūl. It can be argued the furūʿ legal reasoning started right aft...

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  3. Islamic law, irrespective of the variety of its sources, emanates from God and aims at discovering and formulating His will. God's will is not defined once for all and it is not a static system. It is, on the other hand, dynamic and progressively reveals itself in history. As Islam gives guidance for all walks of life, Fiqh, the law of Islam ...

  4. 1 The Qurʾān and the Sunna. The two primary and transmitted sources of Islamic Law are the Qurʾa ̄n and the Sunna (Prophetic traditions and practices). This combination of the two crucial sources of Islamic Law is seen as a link between reason and revelation.

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  5. What is Islamic Law (Fiqh)? Islamic Law (Fiqh): Knowledge (ma’rifat) of the Self (nafs) - its rights (ma laha) and its’ responsibilities (ma aleyha). Landscape of Islamic Law (fiqh): All areas of human action (body, speech, heart. Benefit: Its study brings reward in this life and the next; it is considered an obligation.

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  6. Oct 12, 2022 · Irshad Mahmood. Topics. Islamic commandments PDF. Collection. opensource. Language. English. Islamic Laws Based on Quran, Sunnah and Ijtihad. Addeddate.

  7. Mar 21, 2016 · 1 The Qurʾān and the Sunna. The two primary and transmitted sources of Islamic Law are the Qurʾān and the Sunna (Prophetic traditions and practices). This combination of the two crucial sources of Islamic Law is seen as a link between reason and revelation.

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