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)