The foundations of jurisprudence : : an introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī legal theory / / al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī ; introduction, translation, and Arabic critical edition by Sayyid Amjd H. Shah Naqavi.

• Superior document: The classical Shi'ah library ; 1
• Author: al-Ḥillī, al-ʿAllāmah.
• TeilnehmendeR: Naqavi, Sayyid Amjad H. Shah.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: The Classical Shīʿah Library 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; On Languages (al-lughāt) /; On Rulings (al-aḥkām) /; On the Commands (al-awāmir) and Prohibitions (al-nawāhī) /; On Generality (al-ʿumūm) and Specificity (al- khuṣūṣ) /; On the Ambiguous (al-mujmal) and the Elucidated (al-mubayyan) /; On Actions (al-afʿāl) /; On Abrogation (al-naskh) /; On Consensus (al-ijmāʿ) /; On Narrations (al-akhbār) /; On Analogical Reasoning (al-qiyās) /; On Preferment (al-tarjīḥ) /; On Juristic Reasoning (al-ijtihād) and its Dependents /; Epilogue /; Appendix /; Bibliography of Primary Sources /; Bibliography of Secondary Sources /; Index /; Index of Qurʾānic Verses /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004311777
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī ; introduction, translation, and Arabic critical edition by Sayyid Amjd H. Shah Naqavi.

Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory is a critical edition of the Arabic text with a parallel English translation of Mabādiʾ al-wuṣūl ilā ʿilm al-uṣūl by al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī, introduced, edited and translated by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi. Al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī participated in the leading debates of his day and applied his vast erudition in philosophy, logic, and theology to the paramount subject of jurisprudence. This text presents an exemplar of the rich revival of Shīʿī scholarship in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries of the Common Era. Concise, yet comprehensive, this work sets the standard for the subsequent development and discussion of Imāmī Shīʿī legal theory, such that its influence can be traced through to modern times. This dual-text edition is indispensable for students and scholars of Imāmi Shīʿī jurisprudence.