Rules and Regulations regarding the Punishment for Adultery Extracted from The Book "Fatawa Al-Nawazil" by Imam Abu Al-Laith Al-Samarqandi: Examples of Applications

Abstract

This study aims to gather the jurisprudential rules and regulations specific to the punishment for adultery, extracted from the book Fatawa al-Nawazil by Imam Abu al-Laith al-Samarqandi, one of the prominent figures of the Hanafi school known for his extensive jurisprudential heritage and rich works. The study intends to explain these rules and regulations, highlighting their importance and evidence for the jurist and the mufti, and providing examples of subsidiary applications and contemporary issues falling under them. To achieve the objectives of the study, which include three chapters and a conclusion, the researcher employed an inductive and analytical approach. The study yielded a set of results and recommendations, among which highlighting the significant role of Imam al-Samarqandi in the field of jurisprudential rules and regulations was prominent. He relied on these rules and regulations in legal reasoning, preference, and issuing fatwas. One of the most important recommendations is to continue researching the extraction and gathering of scattered jurisprudential rules and regulations from the book Fatawa al-Nawazil by Imam al-Samarqandi.