⚖️Legal Theory & Maxims (Usul al-Fiqh)

The proof in the principles of jurisprudence

البرهان في أصول الفقه

Author: عبد الملك بن عبد الله بن يوسف بن محمد الجويني، أبو المعالي، ركن الدين، الملقب بإمام الحرمين (المتوفى: 478هـ) (d. 478)

About this work

البرهان في أصول الفقه هو رسالة من القرن الثاني عشر كتبها أبو المعالي الجويني إمام أصول الفقه في عصره. وهو عمل يحظى بتقدير كبير للجويني في أصول الفقه. ويعتبر أحد الأركان الأربعة في مجال النظرية القانونية. الثلاثة الآخرون هم: 1. أبو حامد الغزالي الذي ألف المستصفى من علم الأصول؛ 2. القاضي عبد الجبار الذي ألف «العمد»؛ 3. أبو الحسين البصري الذي ألف «المعتمد» (شرح كتاب العمد).

Translation

Al-Burhan fi Usul al-Fiqh is a twelfth-century treatise written by Abu al-Ma’ali al-Juwayni, the imam of the fundamentals of jurisprudence in his time. It is a highly regarded work by Al-Juwayni on the principles of jurisprudence. It is considered one of the four pillars in the field of legal theory. The other three are: 1. Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali, who wrote Al-Mustasfa from Ilm Al-Usul; 2. Judge Abdul Jabbar, who wrote “Al-Amad”; 3. Abu Al-Hussein Al-Basri, who wrote “Al-Mu’tamid” (Explanation of the Book of Al-Amad).

Topics covered

First volume
Author's introduction
Speaking about science, its knowledge and evidence
entrance
Chapter: On the definition of knowledge and its reality
Book One: Saying in the Statement
Fundamentalists' division of speech
Orders section
Chapter: The formula is imposed as absolute and restricted - the statement regarding the absolute formula
Chapter: The restricted formula
Chapter: Miscellaneous issues about orders
Chapter on saying the prohibitions
Chapter: On the meaning of legal rulings
Chapter: Collects the predicates of the formulas in which the imperative forms are said
Chapter on generality and specificity
Chapter: It is based on the meaning of the text, the apparent meaning, and the general meaning
Chapter: On the rest of the provisions of the absolute formula
Chapter: Formulas restricted by evidence
Clues that are not current
Chapter: The difference between exception and allocation
Chapter: On the meaning of the text, the apparent, the general, the similar, and the precise
What is specified in the general Qur’an and Sunnah
Chapter: Saying about the concept
Chapter on saying about the actions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Ruling on the actions of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace

التبصرة في أصول الفقه