“Why Study Uṣūl al-Fiqh?”: The Problem of Taqlīd and Tough Cases in 4th-5th /10th-11th Century Iraq

Abstract The function of uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory) within classical Islamic law has been the object of protracted debate. Based on the writings of Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī (d.476/1083), I propose that uṣūl al-fiqh served two pedagogical purposes within the Iraqi legal community of the 4th/10th and 5th...

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Main Author: Soufi, Youcef L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-31
Further subjects:B ijtihād
B Taqlid
B Uṣūl al-fiqh
B al-Shīrāzī
B Fiqh
B masāʾil al-khilāf
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