"Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam"

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"Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam" is a foundational work of Islamic legal theory by Ibn Hazm, systematically presenting his distinctive Zahiri (literalist) approach to usul al-fiqh.

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"Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam" canonical 1
al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal theory book ⓘ
usul al-fiqh work ⓘ
aimsTo systematize Zahiri legal theory ⓘ
author Ibn Hazm ⓘ
authorName Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Sa‘id ibn Hazm al-Andalusi ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Hazm
circulation widely studied in Zahiri circles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
criticizes Hanafi usul positions ⓘ
Maliki usul positions ⓘ
Shafi‘i usul positions ⓘ
rationalist methods in usul al-fiqh ⓘ
describes sources of Islamic law ⓘ
discusses abrogation (naskh) ⓘ
authority of consensus (ijma‘) ⓘ
commands and prohibitions in Sharia ⓘ
conditions of legal proof (hujjah) ⓘ
linguistic principles in legal interpretation ⓘ
doctrine literalist approach to legal texts ⓘ
field Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
focusesOn Qur’an as primary legal source ⓘ
Sunnah as primary legal source ⓘ
genre fiqh theory ⓘ
hasModernEdition critical printed editions in Arabic ⓘ
importance foundational text for Zahiri usul al-fiqh ⓘ
influenced later Zahiri jurists ⓘ
studies of Islamic legal theory ⓘ
influencedBy Hadith ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

early Zahiri thought ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool Zahiri ⓘ
mainSubject Islamic legal theory ⓘ
usul al-fiqh ⓘ
linked to: Usul al-fiqh
preservedIn manuscript form ⓘ
regards textual evidence as sole basis for law ⓘ
rejects istihsan (juristic preference) ⓘ
qiyas (analogical reasoning) ⓘ
taqlid (blind following of jurists) ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
supports apparent (zahir) meaning of texts ⓘ
strict textualism ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century CE ⓘ
5th century AH ⓘ
titleTranslation The Rulings on the Principles of Legal Rulings ⓘ
writtenByFollowerOf Zahiri school ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibn Hazm → mainWork → "Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam" ⓘ
Ibn Daqiq al-Id → notableWork → al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam ⓘ
linked to: "Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam"