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The Abridged Compendium of the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence: A Simplified Bilingual Academic Textbook for Beginners
Paperback
Series: The Abridged Compendium
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 31 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM ON THE PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) A Simple Bilingual Textbook for Beginners - Arabic & English Sheikh Mohamed Essam Al-Azhari
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Have you ever wondered how scholars actually derive rulings from the Qur'an and Sunnah - or why they sometimes disagree? Behind every fatwa lies a hidden science. This book hands you its keys, clearly and simply.
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WHY THIS BOOK IS SPECIAL
Its content rests on the relied-upon principles (muʿtamad) of this science - the established methodology taught for generations to hundreds of thousands of students at the greatest centers of Islamic learning: Al-Azhar, the Umayyad Mosque, Al-Zaytuna, Al-Qayrawan, the ribāṭs of Yemen, and the maḥāḍir of Shinqīṭ. This is time-tested knowledge, not a newly invented, untested text.
It is made for teaching, not just reading - structured to be studied and taught, with a glossary of key terms and comprehension questions after each chapter.
It is written in easy Arabic and easy English, side by side, solving the difficulties beginners face with dense classical texts.
It is a key to the whole library: master these foundations and the door opens to everything written in Arabic in this field - classical and modern alike.
It moves from rule to application: every principle is paired with a real example from the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the rulings of the jurists, so the science never stays abstract.
And it is part of a complete series covering all the Islamic sciences - not just one or two fields.
All contents accepted by the scholars of the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence.
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THE TWENTY-FIVE CHAPTERS
Defining Uṣūl al-Fiqh - The Shar'i Ruling - The Pillars of the Ruling - The Book (The Noble Qur'an) - Discussions on Wordings - Commands - Prohibitions - The General - The Specific and Specification - The Absolute and the Restricted - The Ambiguous and the Clarified - The Apparent and the Interpreted - Abrogation - The Definition of the Sunna and Its Authority - The Infallibility of the Prophets and the Prophet's Actions - The Law of Those Before Us - Reports and Their Divisions - Conditions for Acting on the Solitary Report - Types of Hadith by Continuity - Terms of Narration and Reception - Consensus - Analogical Reasoning - Disputed Sources of Law - Equilibrium and Preponderance - Ijtihād and Taqlīd
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Whether you are a student, a teacher, a new Muslim, or simply someone who wants to understand the reasoning behind the rulings you follow, this book is a clear, trustworthy first step into the science that underpins all of fiqh.
Fiqh shows you the ruling; uṣūl shows you the road that leads to it. Learn the road, and you will never walk blindly again.
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