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Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence

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Divinity Atlas. "Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/principles-of-islamic-jurisprudence.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/principles-of-islamic-jurisprudence

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@misc{divinityatlas-principles-of-islamic-jurisprudence,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/principles-of-islamic-jurisprudence},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Mohammad Hashim Kamali's textbook works through the actual disputes between the Sunni legal schools over analogical reasoning and the other secondary sources of law, naming the specific points of disagreement between the schools rather than presenting Islamic legal methodology as one settled system. That attention to documented inter-school dispute, checkable against the specific arguments each school makes, is the textbook's real evidentiary basis. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly disagreement with Kamali's presentation of a dispute. Use it for established facts about Islamic legal methodology and the schools' disputes over the sources of law; it is not a devotional guide to specific fiqh rulings, which needs a dedicated practitioner source.

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Reliability Tier

Mohammad Hashim Kamali's standard scholarly textbook working through the actual disputes between the Sunni legal schools over analogical reasoning and the other secondary sources of law, naming the specific points of disagreement rather than presenting one settled system.

Notes

Mohammad Hashim Kamali's standard scholarly textbook on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh), covering the sources of law recognized across the Sunni schools and the disputes between them over analogical reasoning and other secondary sources. Use for established facts about Islamic legal methodology and inter-school disputes over the sources of law; an academic legal textbook, not a devotional or practitioner's guide to fiqh rulings themselves.

Citation

Author

Mohammad Hashim Kamali

Publisher

Islamic Texts Society

Publication Year

2003

URL

https://archive.org/details/principlesofisla0000kama

Source Type

Scholarly work

Cross-Tradition Connections

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Sunni

This source names Sunni directly: "the actual disputes between the Sunni legal schools over analogical reasoning and the other secondary sources of law, naming the specific points of disagreement between the schools rather than..."

Source Principles of Islamic JurisprudenceMohammad Hashim Kamali

Claims Backed By This Source (244 claims)

This source backs 244 claims across the atlas. As facts: 136 well-attested, 8 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 37 holds, 12 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 1 rejected Here, 1 held Differently. Plus 48 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 82 claims: 54 well-attested, 12 connected, 16 general references.
Doctrines, 67 claims: 42 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 12 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 8 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 48 claims: 30 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 13 general references.
Schools of Religious Law, 18 claims: 11 holds, 1 rejected Here, 1 held Differently, 5 general references.
Denominations, 16 claims: 12 holds, 4 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Practices, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.