“Why Study Uṣūl al-Fiqh?”: The Problem of Taqlīd and Tough Cases in 4th-5th /10th-11th Century Iraq

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Islamic Law and Society Pub Date : 2021-01-04 DOI:10.1163/15685195-BJA10006

Y. Soufi

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Abstract

The function of uṣūl al-fiqh (legal theory) within classical Islamic law has been the object of protracted debate. Based on the writings of Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī (d.476/1083), I propose that uṣūl al-fiqh served two pedagogical purposes within the Iraqi legal community of the 4th/10th and 5th/11th centuries: first, to avoid taqlīd, defined as the subscription to a position without evidence; and second, to provide jurists with tools to assess the validity of a proof when they were confused about its merits. My analysis sheds light on uṣūl al-fiqh’s role in providing epistemological foundations for juristic reasoning. It also reveals that practical engagement on disputed legal matters (masāʾil al-khilāf) prevailed over uṣūl al-fiqh in the training of jurists. The consequence: uṣūl al-fiqh was a methodology of last resort.

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“为什么要学习Uṣūl al-Fiqh?”: 4 -5世纪/10 -11世纪伊拉克的战争问题和棘手案例

u的函数ṣ经典伊斯兰法律中的法律理论一直是争论不休的对象。根据阿布斯的著作ḥāq al-Shīrāzī（d.476/1083），我建议ṣ在4、10和5、11世纪的伊拉克法律界，al-fiqh有两个教学目的：第一，避免taqlīd，即在没有证据的情况下接受职位；第二，当法学家对证据的是非曲直感到困惑时，为他们提供评估证据有效性的工具。我的分析揭示了你ṣ在为法律推理提供认识论基础方面的作用。它还表明，在有争议的法律问题上的实际参与（masāʾil al-khilāf）占了上风ṣ在培训法学家方面。结果：uṣ勒菲克赫是最后的手段。

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