SunniPath Academy | 2010 In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The Waraqat of Imam al-Haramayn al- Juwayni (d. 478 A.H.) Translated by Hamza Karamali LMT112 - Introduction to Legal Methodology Page 1SunniPath Academy | 2010 © Hamza Karamali 2010 LMT112 - Introduction to Legal Methodology Page 2SunniPath Academy | 2010 Lesson 1 — The Difference between Law and Legal Methodology In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate edge tal ee These are some sheets comprising selected sections from usul al-figh. The phrase usul al-figh is composed of two simple parts: (1) usul, and (2) figh. An asl is what another is built on. A far‘is whatis built on another. |< 95 Je Gils E il, GAS Figh is the knowledge of revelatory | ee eeu rulings that are established through | Sab 2) Se SQN xs staal, ijtihad. «Sige W There are seven revelatory rulings - are seven: (1) obligatory, (2) Syl Ceti is fi M, recommended, (3) permissible, (4) . a unlawful, (5) disliked, (6) valid, and eepwaly bs5SUy dead, edly (7) invalid. oo «Ly, An obligatory act is that whose performance is rewarded and whose | to 2 5Ld5 gli eo SWE al nonperformance is punished. A - a mo recommended act is that whose Vy sb be SUL Syd as § performance is rewarded and whose See aa uae nonperformance is not punished. A eV ely. oF fe Cale permissible act is that whose performance is not rewarded and Gj dbelly 63 de SW Ys ds whose nonperformance is not Bod b eciilewi bo punished. An unlawful act is that Aas dad Se ila $9 Jeo whose nonperformance is rewarded 6 abd do LEW SF fe OWL and whose performance is punished. Le . A disliked act is that whose tidy dS tlly GLE L all, m to Legal Methodology Page 3