One significant role of Islamic seminaries was the rise of knowledgeable and pious Shi‘a scholars.
December, 2018
October, 2018
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23 October
Formation of the Islamic Jurisprudence:From the Time of the Prophet Muhammad to the 4th Century
This book presents a new reading and understanding as writer critically assesses the history, development, and impact of Islamic jurisprudence in the Muslim world...
August, 2018
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12 August
The Place of al-Mufid in the Development of Shi’i Kalam and Fiqh+PDF
By paying homage to al-Mufid and publishing his written works, the scholarship of this generation pays in fact the debt of gratitude to a man whose personality and ideas have had a continued presence throughout the rich and fruitful growth of...
July, 2018
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11 July
A Report of the Fiqhi Issues Workshop on “The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād”
The 6th annual fiqhī workshop on “The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād” was held on 5th-6th July, 2018 with the attendance of prominent scholars from Iran and Iraq seminary and the...
June, 2018
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10 June
The Function of Orality in Islamic Law and Practices : Verbalizing Meaning
The author argues most cogently that the Islamic Shari'a is a social construct shaped by the prevailing norms and sustained through the subsequent centuries as...
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9 June
An Introduction to The Islamic Shariah +PDF
In this text, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi has outlined the fundamentals of Shari'ah and how to live by the teachings and laws of Islam. He discusses Taqlid, understanding of the laws and the...
May, 2018
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16 May
Taqleed and Ijtihad+PDF
This book is a detailed discussion and analysis of Taqleed and Ijtihad and jurisprudence in the light of the Holy Qur'an and traditions. Also...
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15 May
Moon Sighting in Islamic Jurisprudence
During this Ramadan, as in some previous years, there have been many questions about the criteria for determining the start of the Islamic month and the role of science and the moon sighting in...
April, 2018
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25 April
An Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), Part 2
In Shahīd Thānī's point of view, ijtihad is contingent upon the knowledge of some studies including: morphology and syntax, terminology, etymology, rhetoric, uṣūl al-fiqh (principles of Islamic jurisprudence), logic, rijāl (scrutiny of...
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21 April
An Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh), Part 1
Fiqh is briefly defined as "the knowledge of inferring (istinbāṭ) aḥkām sharʻī". The term istinbāṭ (inference) literally means appearing after being hidden, so extracting water from the depth of a well is called nibṭ. Therefore extracting and discovering aḥkām sharʻī from...
