Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn ʿan Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn

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Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn ʿan Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn is a seminal multi-volume work of Islamic legal theory and jurisprudence that analyzes the principles, methodology, and ethics of issuing religious rulings (fatwas).

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instanceOf Islamic legal treatise
fiqh work
multi-volume book
addresses misuse of fatwas
responsibility of jurists before God
analyzes Qurʾan as legal source
Sunnah as legal source
analogical reasoning (qiyas)
consensus (ijmaʿ)
author Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
contains biographical notes on jurists
historical fatwas of earlier scholars
critiques blind following (taqlid) without evidence
discusses causes of juristic disagreement
conditions for mufti qualification
fatwa-giving procedures
legal maxims
relationship between text and reasoning
role of custom (ʿurf) in law
emphasizes adherence to scriptural evidence
consideration of public interest (maslaha)
gradualism and wisdom in legal rulings
field Islamic legal theory
fiqh
usul al-fiqh
linked to: Usul al-fiqh
focusesOn ethics of muftis
methodology of ijtihad
principles of issuing fatwas
sources of Islamic law
genre Islamic jurisprudence
hasForm multi-volume print editions
hasInfluenceOn later Sunni legal theorists
modern discussions of fatwa ethics
influencedBy Ibn Taymiyya
linked to: Ibn Taymiyyah
language Arabic
madhhab Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
regardedAs classic of Hanbali jurisprudence
major reference in Sunni legal theory
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
timePeriod Mamluk era
titleTranslation Notifying the Signatories on Behalf of the Lord of the Worlds
usedIn advanced studies of usul al-fiqh
seminaries and Islamic universities

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Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah notableWork Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn ʿan Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn
Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ayyūb ibn Saʿd al-Zurʿī work Iʿlām al-Muwaqqiʿīn ʿan Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn