Principles of Jurisprudence / Usul

Introduction to principles of jurisprudence.

Authored by Dr. Abdul Majid Turkey, with the research of Dr. Abdul Subur Shaheen and Dr. Muhammad Abdul Halim Mahmood.

Hafiz al-Din al-Nasafi (d. 710 AH) wrote the concise but comprehensive book of Hanafi usul al-fiqh called al-Manar. Its sharah was written by Shaikh Muhammad Alauddin al-Husni under the title Ifada al-Anwar. This book is a sharah of this latter book by Ibn Abideen.

Minhaj al-Wusool is a classical text on Usool al-Fiqh authored by Qadi Nasir al-Din al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH). This is Imam Jamal-Din al-Asnawi's (704-772 AH) commentary on it. Edited by Dr. Sha'ban Muhammad Ismail.

New One volume edition. Complete book in one binding. 

New One volume edition. Complete book in one binding. 

Only covers the portions covered by the banaat (girls) syllabus for Wifaqul Madaris. Chapters on Sunnah, Wahy, Ijmaa'

New very large size edition, thoroughly checked and referenced.

Research by Dr. Nazia Kamal Hammad and Dr. Uthman Jumuah Zamiriah.

Contains the Arabic text of Nurul Anwaar with Urdu translation and explanation, making the classical text of Mulla Jeevan accessible to the Urdu speaking students.

Contains the first part only (Kitabullah only). For complete set see: https://www.albalaghbooks.com/fiqh/principles-of-jurisprudence-usul/qoot-al-akhyar-sharah-nur-al-anwar-4-volumes-in-2-bindings/

Contains the Arabic text of Nurul Anwar with Urdu translation and explanation, making the classical text of Mulla Jeevan accessible to the Urdu speaking students. The first two volumes deal with Kitab-Allah. The last two deal with Sunnah, Ijma and Qiyas.

Includes introduction in Turkish. 

A Masters thesis submitted in Al-Azhar's college of Darul Uloom on the topic of sadd al-dharai.

This is Urdu commentary by Maulana Abdul Ghaffar on Usool al-Shashi. the famous book of principles of jurisprudence.

Allamah Ibn 'Abidin's poem, 'Uqud Rasm al-Mufti, with its commentary, on Hanafi fatwa methodology. With extensive footnotes and commentary, by Mufti Abu Lubabah.

Describes and discusses ninety-nine basic principles of fiqh. Edited and updated by his son Shaykh Mustafa Ahmad al-Zarqa.

One of the first books of jurisprudence taught to students is the Waraqat of Imam al-Juwayni, often with a short commentary by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli. This translation introduces these two texts to English-speaking audiences and should serve readers as an introduction to the basic topics of jurisprudence, preparing them to study more advanced material.

Hafiz al-Din al-Nasafi (d. 710 AH) wrote the concise but comprehensive book of Hanafi usul al-fiqh called al-Manar. It was further abridged by Ibn Habeeb (d. 808 AH) as Mukhtasar al-Manar. This book is Mulla Ali al-Qari's commentary on Mukhtasar al-Manar. Also includes detailed footnotes by Ilyas Qablan.

Hafiz al-Din al-Nasafi (d. 710 AH) wrote the concise but comprehensive book of Hanafi usul al-fiqh called al-Manar. Its sharah was written by Shaikh Muhammad Alauddin al-Husni under the title Ifada al-Anwar. This book is a sharah of this latter book by Ibn Abideen.

Research by Mujahid-ul-Islam Qasmi.

Contains the text of the classical work on usool ul fiqh known as al-Waraqat followed by extensive notes compiled by Dr. Adnan Mamdooh Oghlu, extracted from commentaries on this work. The author compiled these notes as a professor of Fiqh and Usool at the University of Siirt, Turkey to make it easier for students to study the book. Also includes an introduction to the matn; the author of the matn, Imam Juwayni; and a brief survey of commentaries that have been written on it. 

Research by Shaikh Khalil Muhyuddin

This is three books in one. The middle of the page contains the text of Tanqeehul Usool by the Hanafi scholar Qadi Obaidullah (d. 747 AH). Beneath it is its commentary titled Tawdeeh by the same author. The surrounding text is the commentary known as al-Talweeh by the Shafii scholar Saaduddin Taftazani (d. 792)

This is a copy of the older Bulaq prints.

A translation of Abu Shuja’ al-Asfahani’s introduction to classical Islamic law, Matn al-Ghayat wa al-Taqrib. This enduring classic covers the full range of basic topics within the Shafi’i school of law. It includes the full Arabic text and notes to point out where later Shafi’i jurists have differed from the author, Imam al-Nawawi’s preferences, and minor clarifications and explanations.

This book by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (International Islamic University, Islamabad) on Islamic legal theory, presents the concepts of usul al-fiqh in a manner that reflects the traditional approach, but takes in account the needs of the modern lawyer, judge, and scholar.

This book presents usul al-fiqh, or Islamic legal theory, as comprising three major theories or methodologies. Each had a distinct function to perform in the development of Islamic law. The first theory is shown to be based on the operation of general principles and the analytical method, the methodology of the second incorporates strict interpretation and analogy, while the third theory is based on the purposes of the Islamic shari'ah. The book presents the content of Islamic legal theory in a manner that reflects the traditional approach, but takes into account the needs of the modern lawyer, judge and scholar.

This was a thesis report submitted for the Masters degree at Kuliya Shariah Riyadh.

Collection of 121 questions and answers on Shafi'i usool, extracted from the works of Imam Juwayni and Jalal ad-Deen al-Mahalli, with some additions and editing by the compiler, Dr. Dargham Manhal Muhammad.

This much expanded edition includes a detailed commentary by Muhammad Haroon bin Muhibbur Rahman of Darul Ifta, Jamia Shariah Malibagh Dacca. Also includes a rare biographical note on Mufti Taqi Usmani. 

Computer composed with two-color printing. Deluxe quality.

Now.includes diagrams to depict fiqh principles. Computer composed with two-color printing. Deluxe quality

Computer composed with two-color printing. Deluxe quality.

Translated by Mufti Afzal Hoosen Eliyas.

Part of Fehm Deen course. Introduction to principles of tafseer, Hadith, fiqh, ijtihad, taqleed, Sunna and Bid'a, Iman and kufr.