تلخیص
The subject of Islamic legal maxims was
recognized as a separate branch of knowledge
from the beginning of the fourth century hijri.
During this period, there was a great
development in Islamic jurisprudence and the
four major juristic schools of interpretation
progressed during this while which resulted in
the compilation of the great treasure of legal
queries and their respective provisions. The
newly befalling issues and problems of daily life
were deducted by the scholars of these schools in
accordance with the principles of juristic inquiry
as laid down by the founders of their respective
school and the process of giving preference and
reasoning among different opinions initiated.
As a result of these developments, the
scope of Islamic jurisprudence was broadened
and the rich source of valuable legal issues and
their provisions pertaining to different chapters
of Islamic jurisprudence came into being.The
leading Hanafi, Shafie, Maliki and Hanbali
jurists took part in this process and prominent
jurists of all these schools started writing
important books on this subject.
Likewise, the rationale and philosophy
underneath the jurisprudential queries could
also be comprehended from these sources of
Islamic legal maxims. In the current article, we
introduce the important sources and
methodology of the Hanfi School ofinterpretation pertaining to Islamic legal
maxims.