On Legal Theory of Muslim Jurisprudence

**Al-Mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul**
Author	Al-Ghazālī
Country	Persia
Language	Arabic
Subject	Islamic Law and Islamic Jurisprudence
Publication date	12th century

Al-mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul (Arabic: المستصفى من علم الأصول) or On Legal theory of Muslim Jurisprudence is a 12th-century treatise written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali(Q.S).^[1] While Ghazali was deeply involved in Tasawwuf and Kalam, Islamic Law and Jurisprudence formed the core of his concerns.^[2]^[3]

Structure[]

Most of Ghazali's activity was in the field of jurisprudence and theology. He completed this book towards the end of his life. The book described:^[3]

The Sharia rules[]

The sharia rules were further categorized into following.

The Essence of the Rules
The Categories of the Rules
The Constituents of the Rules

The Sources of the rules[]

The sources of the rules included.

The First Principal Sources (Quran and The Book of Abrogation)
The Second Principal Sources (Sunnah)
The Third Principal Sources (Ijma)
The Fourth Principal Sources (Rational Proof and Istishab)

References[]

^ Böwering, Gerhard; Crone, Patricia; Mirza, Mahan (31 January 2018). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691134840 – via Google Books.
^ Publishing, Britannica Educational (1 October 2009). The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time. Britannica Educational Publishing. ISBN 9781615300570 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Dissertation" (PDF). ghazali.org.

[1] Böwering, Gerhard; Crone, Patricia; Mirza, Mahan (31 January 2018). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691134840 – via Google Books.

[2] Publishing, Britannica Educational (1 October 2009). The 100 Most Influential Philosophers of All Time. Britannica Educational Publishing. ISBN 9781615300570 – via Google Books.

[ghazali.org-3] "Dissertation" (PDF). ghazali.org.

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