The Methodology of Imam Shahab Al-Din al-Zanjani Al-Shafi'i in His Book Takhrij Al-Furu’ala Al-Usul

Abstract

    The book "Takhrij al-Furoo' 'ala al-Usoul" by Imam Shihab al-Din al-Zanjabi al-Shafi'i is one of the most important books of usul al-fiqh. It is based on the method of deriving the subsidiary issues from the jurisprudential and legal principles of the Shafi'i school, unlike the Hanafi method, which is based on building the principles after rooting the subsidiary issues. The book is also distinguished by its comparison between the Shafi'i and Hanafi schools, and is considered one of the advanced books in this regard.

It is a concise and valuable book, with clear, easy, and eloquent language. It has been studied by scholars and students of knowledge. In this research, I have shown that the author's method in this book divided it into eleven books or chapters. I have counted the jurisprudential and legal principles that he relied on, and classified them in a table. I have also counted the twenty subsidiary issues that he mentioned, and summarized the number of jurisprudential and legal principles for each issue. I have classified them in a second table with numbers to be more detailed for the reader. I have also shown the features of his method in the book in terms of the main topics and subsidiary issues.