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Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shīʿah [Browse]

Editor

• Naqavi, Sayyid Amjad H. Shah [Browse]

Translator

• Naqavi, Sayyid Amjad H. Shah [Browse]

Writer of introduction

• Naqavi, Sayyid Amjad H. Shah [Browse]

Series

• Classical Shīʻah library ; v. 1. [More in this series]
• The classical Shīʻah library, 2405-7509 ; volume 1

Contains

• Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf, 1250-1325. Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilá ʻilm al-uṣūl. [Browse]
• ابن المطهر الحلي، الحسن بن يوسف. مبادئ الوصول إلى علم الأصول. [Browse]
• Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf, 1250-1325. Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilá ʻilm al-uṣūl. English. [Browse]

Summary note

Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʻī Legal Theory' is a critical edition of 'Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilā ʻilm al-uṣūl by al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥillī', based upon six manuscripts, four of which date from the lifetime of the author. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi has provided a critical edition of the Arabic text, along with an English translation, and analytical introduction. Al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥillī participated in leading debates of his day and applied his vast erudition in philosophy, logic, and theology to the paramount subject of jurisprudence. This text presents an exemplar of the rich revival of Shīʻī scholarship in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE. Concise, yet comprehensive, this work sets the standard for the subsequent development and discussion of Imāmī Shīʻī legal theory, such that its influence can be traced through to modern times. This dual-text edition is indispensible for students and scholars of Imāmī Shīʻī jurisprudence.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

Arabic text with parallel English translation and introduction in English.

Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part One. The Life and Times of al-'Allāmah al-Ḥillī
• The School of Ḥillah
• Al-'Allāmah al-Ḥillī's Jurisprudence
• Mabādiʼ al-Wuṣūl ilā 'Ilm al-Uṣūl
• Manuscripts and Methodology
• Part Two. The Epistemology of al-'Allāmah al-Ḥillī
• Chapter One : On Languages
• Chapter Two : On Rulings
• Chapter Three : On the Commands and Prohibitions
• Chapter Four : On Generality and Specificity
• Chapter Five : On the Ambiguous and the Elucidated
• Chapter Six : On Actions
• Chapter Seven : On Abrogation
• Chapter Eight : On Consensus
• Chapter Nine : On Narrations
• Chapter Ten : On Analogical Reasoning
• Chapter Eleven : On Preferment
• Chapter Twelve : On Juristic Reasoning and its Dependents
• The Foundations of Jurisprudence : An Introduction to Imāmī Shī'ī Legal Theory
• Prologue
• On Languages (al-lughāt)
• On Rulings (al-aḥkām)
• On the Commands (al-awāmir) and Prohibitions (al-nawāhī)
• On Generality (al-'umūm) and Specificity (al-khuṣūṣ)
• On the Ambiguous (al-mujmal) and the Elucidated (al-mubayyan)
• On Actions (al-af'āl)
• On Abrogation (al-naskh)
• On Consensus (al-ijmā')
• On Narrations (al-akhbār)
• On Analogical Reasoning (al-qiyās)
• On Preferment (al-tarjīḥ)
• On Juristic Reasoning (al-ijtihād) and its Dependents
• Epilogue.

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Other title(s)

• Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilá ʻilm al-uṣūl
• مبادئ الوصول إلى علم الأصول

ISBN

• 9789004311718 ((hardback ; : alkaline paper))
• 9004311718 ((hardback ; : alkaline paper))
• 9789004311732 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
• 9004311734 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))

LCCN

2016956691

OCLC

951724229

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