On Legal Theory of Muslim Jurisprudence
Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul (Arabic: المستصفى من علم الأصول) or On Legal theory of Muslim Jurisprudence is a 12th-century treatise written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali(Q.S).[1] While Ghazali was deeply involved in Tasawwuf and Kalam, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence formed the core of his concerns.[2][3]
| Author | Al-Ghazālī |
|---|---|
| Country | Persia |
| Language | Persian |
| Subject | Islamic Law and Islamic Jurisprudence |
Publication date | 12th century |
Structure
Most of Ghazali's activity was in the field of jurisprudence and theology. He completed this book towards the end of his life. The book described:[3]
The Sharia rules
The sharia rules were further categorized into following.
- The Essence of the Rules
- The Categories of the Rules
- The Constituents of the Rules
The Sources of the rules
The sources of the rules included.
- The First Principal Sources (Quran and The Book of Abrogation)
- The Second Principal Sources (Sunnah)
- The Third Principal Sources (Ijma)
- The Fourth Principal Sources (Rational Proof and Istishab)
gollark: There's some weirdness where it's not *strictly* rolled back entirely so some information can be extracted through bizarre side channels.
gollark: Spectre/Meltdown work using weirdness in speculative execution, which is where the CPU executes stuff faster by assuming one possibility is true then rolling it back if it's wrong.
gollark: CPUs have a bunch of privilege separation mechanisms, but flaws in them sometimes get around those.
gollark: The general thing with these flaws is just that the CPU behaves in some way it shouldn't/isn't documented as doing, so information is leaked from places or stuff which shouldn't be changed is changed.
gollark: Or static analysis of some sort, but detecting malware without just banning tons of legitimate code is extremely hard and possibly impossible.
References
- Böwering, Gerhard; Crone, Patricia; Mirza, Mahan (31 January 2018). "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought". Princeton University Press – via Google Books.
- Publishing, Britannica Educational (1 October 2009). "The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time". Britannica Educational Publishing – via Google Books.
- "Dissertation" (PDF). ghazali.org.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.