⚖️Legal Theory & Maxims (Usul al-Fiqh)

The papers

الورقات

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

الورقات في أصول الفقه هو متن من تأليف أبي المعالي الجويني. قال عنه الحطاب في قرة العين: «كتاب صغر حجمه، وكثر علمه، وعظم نفعه، وظهرت بركته».

Translation

Al-Waraqat fi Usul al-Fiqh is a text written by Abu al-Ma’ali al-Juwayni. Al-Hattab said about it in Qart al-Ain: “A book whose size is small, its knowledge is abundant, its benefit is great, and its blessing is evident.”

Topics covered

Meaning of the principles of jurisprudence
Types of governance
The difference between jurisprudence, knowledge, suspicion, and doubt
Chapters on the principles of jurisprudence
Sections of speech
The command
Prohibition
Public and private
Overall and clear
The apparent and the interpreted
Actions
Copy
Consensus
News
Measurement
Prohibition and permissibility
Arrangement of evidence
Mufti conditions
Conditions of the respondent
Diligence

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