Towards a Respectful Diversity: Studies in Usul al-Fiqh

With Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali (Bio - http://lamppostwebinar.squarespace.com/shaykh-abdullah-bin-hamid-ali/)

Complete list of Usul al-Fiqh classes:

I. Introducing and Defining Usul al-Fiqh

II. The Qur’an: History & Import

III. The Sunnah: The Problem of Finding a Unified Definition

IV. How Semantics Hinder Us: Showcasing Bid’a

V. Interpretative Standards: The Literal versus The Figurative

VI. Ijma’ (Scholarly Consensus): Parameters, Forms & Implications

VII. Qiyas (Legal Analogy): On Base or Baseless?

VIII. Istihsan & al-Masalih al-Mursala (Analogous Digression): Authority & Considerations

IX. ‘Urf (Custom), Shar’ Man Qablana (Pre-Qur’anic  Scriptural Injunctions), and Qawl al-Sahabi (Companion Legal Opinions)

X. ‘Amal Ahl al-Medina (Post-Prophetic Medinite Customs)

XI. Istishab (The Law of Presumption) & al-‘Aql (Intellective Authority)

XII. Al-Kulliyat al-Khams wa al-Qawa’id al-Fiqhiya (Universals & Legal Maxims)

Classes will be held every Saturday from 1pm to 3pm at Ta'leef Collective in November & December 2009 and January 2010, insha Allah.

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