al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali

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Al-Mustasfa of al-Ghazali is a seminal classical treatise on Islamic legal theory that systematically analyzes the principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
work of Islamic legal theory ⓘ
aim to clarify epistemic status of legal proofs ⓘ
to systematize usul al-fiqh ⓘ
author Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali

al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali
circulation widely studied in traditional madrasas ⓘ
contains classification of evidences ⓘ
discussion of mujtahid qualifications ⓘ
logical preliminaries ⓘ
dateWrittenApprox early 12th century ⓘ
discusses Qur’an as a source of law ⓘ
Sunnah as a source of law ⓘ
abrogation (naskh) ⓘ
categories of legal rulings ⓘ
commands and prohibitions in language ⓘ
conditions of ijtihad ⓘ
ijma (consensus) ⓘ
legal maxims ⓘ
linguistic indications of legal meaning ⓘ
qiyas (analogical reasoning) ⓘ
epistemologicalConcern certainty and probability in legal reasoning ⓘ
field Islamic legal theory ⓘ
usul al-fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Usul al-fiqh
focus principles and methodology of deriving Islamic law ⓘ
genre scholastic jurisprudence ⓘ
hasCommentaries multiple later scholarly commentaries ⓘ
influenced later usul al-fiqh manuals ⓘ
post-classical Sunni legal theory ⓘ
influencedBy Shafi‘i usul tradition ⓘ
al-Juwayni’s al-Burhan ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
madhhabContext Shafi‘i ⓘ
linked to: Al-Shafi'i
methodology rationalist argumentation within Sunni framework ⓘ
systematic analysis of legal proofs ⓘ
partOf al-Ghazali’s legal-theoretical corpus ⓘ
placeContext Seljuk period ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
preservation survives in numerous manuscript copies ⓘ
regardedAs one of al-Ghazali’s major juridical works ⓘ
seminal work in usul al-fiqh ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
shortTitle al-Mustasfa min ‘ilm al-usul ⓘ
structure four parts ⓘ
titleInArabic المستصفى من علم الأصول ⓘ
translatedInto modern languages including English (partial and full translations) ⓘ
usedIn advanced Islamic legal studies ⓘ

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