Usul-ul-Fiqh
Objectives:
The Usul-ul-Fiqh classes are designed to allow students to embark on a legacy of scholarship and a study of high esteem. It deals with the primary sources of Islamic Law, the Quran & Sunnah, their characteristics and methods of deriving legal rulings from them. You will learn about key principles and vocabulary in the field so as to give you a more nuanced scope of Shariah and how rulings are categorized: ‘Am (general), Khas (particular), Mutlaq (Absolute) and Muqayyad (qualified), Haqiqi (literal), and Majazi (metaphorical). Students will also discuss secondary sources of law, i.e. Ijma’ (scholarly consensus) & Qiyas (analogical deduction), and many other matters pertaining to Ijtihad (application of reason and critical thinking to law) as well as issues relating to ‘Urf (custom) and its effect on the law.
In this level, students will take a deeper step into the studies of Usul ul-Fiqh in the Hanafi School.
Outcomes:
- Obtain knowledge of the rules of interpretation and deriving rules.
- Be able to ascertain the methods of juristic deduction and inference thereby comparing weakness in ijtihad and give preference to that which is in close harmony with the primary text
About the text:
This book is based on the Usool of the Hanafi Fiqh and is the Sharh of another Kitaab called Risalatul Manaar of Imam Nasafi
Textbooks Slated:
- Nurul Anwar (Sharh Risala al-Manar) by Shaykh Ahmad (Mulla Jeevan)