At a glance
Summary
Al-Waraqat in usul al-fiqh by Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH) — a two-page primer gathering the headings of legal theory: divisions, command and prohibition, the general and the specific, the ambiguous and the clarified, abrogation, consensus, reports, analogy, ijtihad, taqlid, the ordering of the proofs and fatwa; the first usul text in the curriculum 1 2.
The author
المؤلف: عبد الملك الجويني إمام الحرمين شيخ الشافعية في عصره.
Commentaries and teaching
عليها شروح كثيرة أشهرها شرح الشرواني وشرح ابن الفركاح ونظمه ابن حجر وابن تاج الدين السبكي? لا — ونظمه العمريطي والفضالي 1.
For younger visitors
Al-Waraqat is the beginner's first usul al-fiqh text in most study circles.
Sources
- Scientific Matns and their Effect on Education — Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Salih
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Waraqat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-waraqat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.
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