The science of the roots of jurisprudence and its impact on the validity of fatwas

Author's name: Abdulrahman Al-Sudais • Publisher: Dar Ibn Al-Jawzi - Riyadh • Year of printing: 1434 AH • Number of pages: 232 • Number of volumes: 1 • Binding type: Artistic binder • Paper type: Creamy • Printing colors: Two colors The science of Usul al-Fiqh is a science that studies the general evidences of jurisprudence and how to benefit from them, and the condition of the beneficiary (the mujtahid). It explains how to derive rulings from their evidence, such as deriving from the explicit text of the Quranic verse, or the prophetic hadith, or from their understanding, or from analogy on them, or other than that. The science of Usul al-Fiqh investigates the evidences in their generality, the characteristics of each type, and how their types are related to each other, as well as the rules and conditions that clarify the path the jurist must follow in extracting rulings from their evidences.