Usul ash-Shashi
Arabic - English
Complete Translation
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence 
By Nizam Ad-Din Ash-Shashi
Translation & Introduction : Mansur Ali 
Editor: Andrew Booso
General Editor: Yahya Batha
Paperback 309 Pages
Size : 22.9 x 15.5 cm
ISBN : 9781906949426
Publisher : Turath Publishing

The Arabic Text used was Edited By Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi
​This is a Popular Hanafi Primer which is part of the Syllabus of most Darse Nizami Courses

About The Book

How is one to wade through the apparent welter of irreconcilable primary Islamic sources? 
What is one to do when faced with opposing practices of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) on the same issue? 
When is a practice deemed necessary or recommended? 

These are some of the topics discussed in usul al-fiqh. Loosely translated as principles of Islamic jurisprudence, usul al-fiqh is the legal theory which underpins Islamic positive law and practical ethics. 

The book Usul ash-Shashi is an isagogic opuscule on legal theory according to the Hanafi School of Law. It is widely favoured and accepted in the darse nizami syllabus of South Asian seminaries and their sister institutions outside of the Asian Subcontinent despite little being known of its author. 

Usul Ash-Shashi written over 600 years ago is an authoritative beginner's manual on the principles of Hanafi Usul al-Fiqh ( Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence)

The first of the books written about the principles of Islamic Jurisprudence was that of Imam Muhammad Bin Idris Ash-Shafi'i (d204 H) which is known as 'Al-Risalah'. However this book is on the principles of Islamic Jurisprudence in the Hanafi school of law

A detailed discussion of the Four Fundamentals Sources of Islamic Shari' Law

• Qur'an 
• Sunnat 
• Ijma (consensus) and 
• Qiyaas (Analogy)

The last chapter is entitled : "Al-Ihtijaj Bi La Dalil : Legal Arguments without Evidence".

The translation will appeal to a wide readership in particular to elementary students of Islamic law and to those that are interested in legal theory.

About The Author

Hailing from the Islamic hinterland of Transoxiana (ma wara’ an-nahr), Shashi is credited to have written this very successful opus. Legend says that he wrote the book at the age of fifty and called it Kitab al-Khamsin (The book of fifty). 

Despite little being known of the author, Allah Most High has accepted his work and it is widely studied and read throughout the Muslim world.

About The Translator

Maulana Dr Mansur Ali studied traditional Islamic studies and Arabic at Darul Uloom Bury, UK and Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. 

He completed his PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from University of Manchester writing a thesis on the ‘Role of the Isnad in Imam Tirmidhi’s Sunan’. 

Currently he is a lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Cardiff University and a Khatib at the Darul Isra Mosque in Cardiff.

978-1906949426

Weight: 440