"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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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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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"