⚖️Legal Theory & Maxims (Usul al-Fiqh)

Guiding critics to facilitate diligence

إرشاد النقاد إلى تيسير الاجتهاد

Author: محمد بن إسماعيل بن صلاح بن محمد الحسني، الكحلاني ثم الصنعاني، أبو إبراهيم، عز الدين، المعروف كأسلافه بالأمير (المتوفى: 1182هـ) (d. 1182)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "إرشاد النقاد إلى تيسير الاجتهاد" للكاتب الصنعاني، يتناول موضوع الاجتهاد من منظور أصول الفقه. يركز المؤلف على تعريف الاجتهاد في اللغة وفي اصطلاح الأصوليين، ويشير إلى شروطه وأهميته، معتبراً إياه منحة إلهية مستمرة. كما يتناول الكتاب النقاشات حول حرية التفكير والاجتهاد بين العلماء، ويستعرض بعض الأفكار الخلافية في مجال المصطلح، مع التركيز على ردود العلماء على منع الاجتهاد وسبل تيسيره.

Translation

This book, “Guiding Critics to Facilitate Ijtihad,” by the writer Al-San’ani, deals with the topic of ijtihad from the perspective of the principles of jurisprudence. The author focuses on the definition of ijtihad in the language and in the terminology of the fundamentalists, and points out its conditions and importance, considering it a continuous divine gift. The book also addresses discussions about freedom of thought and ijtihad among scholars, and reviews some controversial ideas in the field of terminology, with a focus on scholars’ responses to prohibiting ijtihad and ways to facilitate it.

Topics covered

Introduction to the investigator
Diligence in language
Ijtihad in the terminology of fundamentalists
Conditions of diligence
The importance of diligence
Diligence is a continuous divine gift
A sad chapter in the history of jurisprudential schools
Every party is happy with what they have
Followers imitating each other in prayer
The four niches
Marriage between imitators
Rivalry between sects
The extent of the spread of wars and the devastation of the country among the sects
She threw her suit at me and slipped away
Chapter on Ijtihad and its causes
When is the door to ijtihad closed?
Responses of scholars to closing the door to ijtihad
Clarifying some important matters
The idea of the impossibility of correction and weakness in the terminology of hadith
The owner of this idea
Famous terminology scholars respond to Ibn al-Salah
His lineage and birth
His upbringing and prowess in science
His elders
His disciples

إيثار الإنصاف في آثار الخلاف