How to Understand: The 4 Schools of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence/Law) in Sunni Islam!

Описание: This is a very rough overview of the 4 main schools (Madhhab pl. Madhaahib) of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence, interpreting the shari’a or way of God) within Sunni Islam. This is an introductory video explaining the Hanafi, Maaliki, Shaafi’i, and the Hanbali schools and their principles of judgement in Islamic Sharia law.

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Hussin, Iza (2014). "Sunni Schools of Jurisprudence". In Emad El-Din Shahin (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics. Oxford University Press

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Mālik ibn Anas, d. 795. - Kitāb al-Muwaṭṭaʼ / li-Mālik ibn Anas. wa-bi-dhaylihi Kitāb Isʻāf al-mubaṭṭaʼ bi-rijāl al-Muwaṭṭaʼ / lil-Suyūṭī ; fahrasat wa-taqdīm Qism ad-dirāsāt bi-Dār al-Kitāb al-ʻarabī. - 1990 -

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Some of my own observations and experience working with and interpreting legal fiqh texts and from various university lectures & seminars.

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