Definition: Usul al-Fiqh studies principles for deriving practical rulings from legal proofs.
Subject: legal proofs considered in their capacity to lead to practical rulings.
Objective: knowledge of the rulings and the ability to derive them.
Practice: studying a Qur’anic text's legal implication concerns the subject matter; gaining the ability to derive a ruling concerns the objective. These headings answer different questions about the same discipline.
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Definition, subject and objective
Definition, Subject and Objective of Usul al-Fiqh
Definition: Usul al-Fiqh studies principles for deriving practical rulings from legal proofs.
Subject: legal proofs considered in their capacity to lead to practical rulings.
Objective: knowledge of the rulings and the ability to derive them.
Practice: studying a Qur’anic text's legal implication concerns the subject matter; gaining the ability to derive a ruling concerns the objective. These headings answer different questions about the same discipline.