What does Usul al-fiqh mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Usul al-fiqh (أصُول الْفِقْه) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Usul al-fiqh

Usul al-fiqh according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

A relational compound, transferred relational composition, established name of the specified science: two definitions, one considering the relation, other considering it name of a specified science. Ibn al-Hajib presented the nominal definition, ach-Chari’ya the relational; each aim its partisan. Presenting the nominal definition considered two: the nominal sense aimed in informing, occupying the aimed prior; and that…

Usul al-fiqh according to Al-Qamus al-Fiqhi

Among the Hanafis: the rules’ science whereby fiqh reached.

Usul al-fiqh according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Fiqh’s arguments’ general knowledge, profiting them’s how, the beneficiary’s state.

Usul al-fiqh according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Its general arguments, or general rules’ science, or rules’ science reaching fiqh, or other.

Usul al-fiqh according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is the rules’ science reaching fiqh.

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