Tag Archives: Shia Fiqh

This article will outline the salient features that characterise the Shi‘a community in the United States of America and will examine some of the recent juridical literature that...

This article will examine the question of maqasid al-sharī‘a and maṣlaḥa in Shī‘īsm. Before that, the writer will preface his discussion with a...

Uşūl al-Fiqh, the methodology of jurisprudence, which is usually – and inaccurately, if not incorrectly – translated “principles of jurisprudence,” is an Islamic science which is developed by Shiite scholars in...

When the first English version of Shiite uşūl al-fiqh in its both comprehensive and concise version was introduced by the book “An Introduction to Islamic Methodology of Jurisprudence (Uşūl al - Fiqh), necessity of preparing a glossary of...

This paper analyses the reconceptualization of Islamic law and authority as defined by Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari the influential scholar and first sole supreme exemplar of the...

The book, written by Ayatollah Sayyed Hussain Modarresi Tabatabaei, is an attempt to clarify all aspects of kharaj from the viewpoint of...

Divorce is discussed in this present book, volume 6 of 8, written by Muhammad Jawad Moqniyyah, which three main criteria for divorce are: adulthood, sanity and...

There are three persons that have a possible legal relationship to the child born from this method - the sperm donor (biological father), the...

The book “The Just Ruler in Shia Islam, the Comprehensive Authority of the Jurist in Imamite Jurisprudence was written by...

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Jafar wrote some questions regarding religious law in a letter to...