Principles of Ijtihad in Hanfi and Hanabli Jurisprudence: An exploratory and comparative study

فقہ حنفی و حنبلی کے اصول اجتہاد: ایک تحقیقی و تقابلی مطالعہ

Abstract

                  In Islamic Jurisprudence there are four schools of thought and each its own Principles of interpretation. There is a great need of comparison among the Principles of interpretation of these four. Therefore, it has been tried to compare between the principles of interpretation of Hanafi and Maliki schools of thought. Islamic Law regulates the affairs of practical life of the people such as virtual laws, family matters, financial matters, judicial proceeding affairs, banking laws, inheritance and criminal law. In this article a detail introduction of both fiqhi scholars Imam Abo Hanifa and Imam Malik. An valuable discussion has been done on their principles of interpretation. As these these two schools of thought have two different origins and places which affected their principles of interpretation. In both schools of thought, Quran and Sunnah are the main and first sources of interpretation but they differ in other sources like Ijma, Qias, Masalih Mursalah, Qoal-e-Sahabi (saying of a Sahabi) companion of Muhammad SAW , Hadith Mursal, and Istehsan. A comparative study has also been done between these two schools of thought of their interpretation. In the end some valuable results have been deducted after doing comparison between their modes of interpretation.