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Fiqh deals with the observance of rituals, morals and social legislation in Islam as well as economic and political system. In the modern era, there are four prominent schools of fiqh within Sunni practice, plus two (or three) within Shi'a practice. A person trained in fiqh is known as a faqīh (pl.: fuqaha). [4]
The historian Ibn Khaldun describes fiqh as "knowledge of the rules of God which concern the actions of persons who own themselves bound to obey the law respecting what is required , sinful , recommended , disapproved or neutral ". [4] This definition is consistent amongst the jurists.
Uṣūl al-fiqh is a genitive construction with two Arabic terms, uṣūl and fiqh. Uṣūl means roots or basis. Some says, Uṣūl, the plural form of Aṣl, means Rājih (preponderant). It also signifies Qā’idah (rules), which is the real-world application of the word. For example: "every sentence must contain a verb" is a rule of Grammar.
Sunnī Islam contains numerous schools of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and schools of Islamic theology (ʿaqīdah). [1] In terms of religious jurisprudence , Sunnism contains several schools of thought : [1] the Ḥanafī school, founded by Abū Ḥanīfa al-Nuʿmān (8th century CE);
These sciences include: ʿIlm al-fiqh: Islamic jurisprudence; ʿIlm al-ḥadīth: the study of the authenticity of Prophetic traditions or hadith. ʿIlm al-rijāl: the biographical study of hadith transmitters with the purpose of evaluating their trustworthiness
Masjid-e Rashid, Darul Uloom Deoband. Fiqh is a term used in Islamic jurisprudence to refer to the understanding and application of Islamic law. [1] It is the process of understanding and interpreting the sources of Islamic law, which include the Quran, Sunnah (the actions and sayings of Muhammad), the consensus of the scholars (), and analogical reasoning (), in order to derive legal rulings ...
[1] [page needed] Maxims refer to a body of abstract rules that were produced after a detailed study of the fiqh. They’re theoretical guidelines corresponding to different areas of fiqh, which may be dealing with anything from evidence to matrimonial law. [2] The fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence, through the human interpretation of Islamic law.
Fiqh is the term for Islamic jurisprudence, made up of the rulings of Islamic jurists. A component of Islamic studies, Fiqh expounds the methodology by which Islamic law is derived from primary and secondary sources.