Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)

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Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) is the scholarly discipline within Islam that derives and interprets detailed legal rulings from the Quran and Sunnah to govern the religious, social, and moral conduct of Muslims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal discipline ⓘ
branch of Islamic studies ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
addresses commercial contracts and financial transactions ⓘ
fasting, almsgiving, and pilgrimage ⓘ
judicial procedure and evidence ⓘ
marriage, divorce, and inheritance ⓘ
ritual purity and prayer ⓘ
aimsTo derive legal rulings from Islamic sources ⓘ
appliedIn Sharia courts ⓘ
linked to: Sharia Courts
basedOn Quran ⓘ
Sunnah ⓘ
ijma (scholarly consensus) ⓘ
qiyas (analogical reasoning) ⓘ
characterizedAs human understanding of divine law ⓘ
developedIn early Islamic centuries ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Sharia (divine law in principle) ⓘ
linked to: Sharia
fieldOfStudy Islamic law ⓘ
hasComponent furu al‑fiqh (substantive rulings) ⓘ
usul al‑fiqh (principles of jurisprudence) ⓘ
hasMajorSchool Hanafi school ⓘ
Hanbali school ⓘ
Ibadi school ⓘ
linked to: Ibadi Islam

Ja'fari school ⓘ
Maliki school ⓘ
Shafi'i school ⓘ
Zaydi school ⓘ
linked to: Zaydi Shia
influences modern legal systems in some Muslim‑majority countries ⓘ
language Arabic (primary scholarly language) ⓘ
regulates acts of worship (ibadat) ⓘ
criminal law (hudud, qisas, ta'zir) ⓘ
family law ⓘ
personal conduct and ethics ⓘ
transactions (muamalat) ⓘ
relatedDiscipline hadith studies ⓘ
kalam (Islamic theology) ⓘ
tafsir (Quranic exegesis) ⓘ
studiedBy Muslim jurists (fuqaha) ⓘ
usesConcept disliked acts (makruh) ⓘ
obligation (wajib or fard) ⓘ
permissibility (mubah) ⓘ
prohibition (haram) ⓘ
recommendation (mandub or mustahabb) ⓘ
usesMethod ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) ⓘ
istihsan (juristic preference) in some schools ⓘ
maslahah (public interest) in some schools ⓘ
urf (custom) as a subsidiary source ⓘ

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Surah An-Nur → studiedIn → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Ijma → relatedConcept → Ijtihad ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Al-Istibsar → religiousLawDomain → Fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Dar al-Harb → hasComponentConcept → siyar (Islamic law of nations) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Ja'far al-Sadiq → fieldOfWork → Islamic law ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Shawwal → religiousRulingSource → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Shariah Academy → fieldOfWork → Fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Kitab al-Nikah → usedIn → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
mutawatir hadith → isUsedIn → Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Yan Taru → educationalFocus → Islamic law (fiqh) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Sharia Courts (Nigeria) → basedOn → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
subject linked to: Sharia Courts
Those Who Give Less in Measure and Weight → violate → Islamic commercial law ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Nabi → mentionedInGenre → Fiqh literature ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Anglo-Muhammadan law formulations → basedOn → Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
qadis → requiresKnowledgeOf → Islamic_jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Tawaf → hasRulingSource → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Muhaqqiq → usedIn → Islamic legal studies ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
al-Ihkam fi Tamyiz al-Fatawa ‘an al-Ahkam wa Tasarrufat al-Qadi wa-l-Imam → field → Maliki fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Abul A‘la Maududi → notableWork → Islamic Law and Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Qarin → termUsedIn → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Qarin → recognizedBy → Shia jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Islamic feminism → basedOn → Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Da'wah → occursIn → Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Faculty of Islamic Law → fieldOfStudy → fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Ahmad Zarruq → fieldOfWork → Islamic law ⓘ
subject linked to: Zarruq
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Six Books → influences → Islamic law (fiqh) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
wivesOfProphetMuhammad → influenced → IslamicJurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
Quran 60:1 → usedIn → Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
Nadwatul Ulama → hasAcademicProgram → Fiqh and Usul al‑Fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)