Was There a Zaydī Uṣūl al-fiqh? Searching for the Essence of Zaydī Legal Theory in the First Complete Uṣūl Work of Zaydı̄s: al-Nātiq bi-l-ḥaqq’s (340-424/951-1033) “al-Mujzī fī uṣūl al-fiqh”

Reading Adab as Fiqh: al-Ǧa

Fiqh Al-waqi & its role in the Islamic awakening

چکیده:بیداری اسلامی زمینه ساز تولد دوباره تمدن اسلامی است. از موانع این بیداری، نگاه سنتی فقه اهل تسنن به مسئله مشروعیت حاکم است. از این منظر حاکم یا به اجماع اهل حل و عقد یا استخلاف حاکم قبل و یا به استیلاء و غلبه مشروعیت می‌یابد و تبعیت و فرمانبرداری از او واجب است؛ حتی اگر فاجر و فاسق باشد. فقه الواقع به عنوان پدیده‌ای نوظهور در حوزه علوم اسلامی اهل سنت و جماعت که فقیه را موظف می‌داند تا برا...

The Methodology of Al-Kashf wa al-Bayān fī Tafsīr al-Qur’ān

Abū Isḥāq Tha‘labī Nayshābūrī is an outstanding Iranian exegete of the fourth and fifth centuries LH. Tha‘labī has been so skillful in various Islamic sciences such as Arabic linguistics (including morphology, syntax (grammatical inflection), vocabulary, and rhetoric), Ḥadīth, exegesis, and qur’ānic sciences that numerous students from many near and far places attended his classes. Tha‘labī’s c...

A review and criticism of Wahba Zuḥaylī's method in al-Tafsīr al-Munīr fī al-‘Aqīda wa al-Sharī‘a wa al-Munhaj

The science of interpretation has a special position in the Islamic sciences and has been addressed seriously by Muslims from the very first days of Islam, because interpretation is to understand and discover the points of the best speech, i.e. the speech of the Sublime Allāh. One of the new commentaries on Muslims' divine book is al-Tafsīr al-munīr fī al-‘aqīda wa al-sharī‘a wa al-munhaj, auth...

An Analysis of the Theories Dealing with the Authority of the Exterior of the Quran in Usul al-Fiqh

The question of the authority of the exterior of the Quran is among the issues common to usul al-fiqh (the principles of Islamic jurisprudence), tafsir (interpretation) and Quranic sciences. The present article delves into this issue discussing the most prominent theories about it such as the views of Akhbari and Usuli scholars. The critiques of the theory that seeks to refute this authority ar...