The foundations of jurisprudence : an introduction to Imāmī Shīʻī legal theory = مبادئ الوصول إلى علم الأصول

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Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan ibn Yūsuf, 1250-1325, author

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Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʻī Legal Theory' is a critical edition of 'Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilā ʻilm al-uṣūl by al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥillī', based upon six manuscripts, four of ...

Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʻī Legal Theory' is a critical edition of 'Mabādiʼ al-wuṣūl ilā ʻilm al-uṣūl by al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥillī', based upon six manuscripts, four of which date from the lifetime of the author. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi has provided a critical edition of the Arabic text, along with an English translation, and analytical introduction. Al-ʻAllāmah al-Ḥillī participated in leading debates of his day and applied his vast erudition in philosophy, logic, and theology to the paramount subject of jurisprudence. This text presents an exemplar of the rich revival of Shīʻī scholarship in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE. Concise, yet comprehensive, this work sets the standard for the subsequent development and discussion of Imāmī Shīʻī legal theory, such that its influence can be traced through to modern times. This dual-text edition is indispensible for students and scholars of Imāmī Shīʻī jurisprudence.

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