Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Analogical Reasoning In Islamic Jurisprudence

Qiyas (analogy) is one of the four sources of Islamic law. Unlike other modes of Ijtihad. It is a process of systematic reasoning to discover the legal rule. It is dependent entirely on an authority, which may be the Qur'an, Sunnah or Ijma. It is the most important principle of deriving rules from the original sources. Most of the legal material contained in the Fiqh literature is an outcome of analogical deductions. This study falls into 20 chapters. It deals with the concept, rules, and application of Qiyas (analogy) in law. The early chapters contain a general treatment of this principle. They are followed by the chapters which present a detailed analysis of the definition of Qiyas (analogy), the original and the parallel case, the definition and conditions of the legal cause ('illah) and the methods of its determination. The principle of istihsan (preferential reasoning), rules of immediate cause (sabab), condition (shart), impediment (mani) and critique of Qiyas are some of the important chapters.

ISBN: 8174350276
Author: Hasan, Ahmad
Published by: ADAM PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS

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