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al-Aḥkām al-Taklīfiyya (The Five Legal Qualifications)

The fivefold scale by which acts are classified: obligatory (wājib), recommended (mandūb), permitted (mubāḥ), reprehensible (makrūh), and forbidden (ḥarām).

The fivefold scale by which acts are classified: obligatory (wājib), recommended (mandūb), permitted (mubāḥ), reprehensible (makrūh), and forbidden (ḥarām).

Key passages(17)

Daruri Fi Usul Fiqh · Ibn Rushd

Very high

Sharh Tanqih · al-Qarafi

High

Silsilat Mutun Fiqhiyya · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Shifa Ghalil · al-Ghazali

High

Taqrib Wa Irshad · al-Baqillani

High

Sharh Usul Khamsa · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

High

Bidayat Mujtahid · Ibn Rushd

High

Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

High

Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Talkhis Fi Usul Fiqh · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

High

Tanzih Anbiya · al-Sharif al-Murtada

High
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Usul · al-Sarakhsi

High

Burhan Fi Usul Fiqh · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

Moderate

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Moderate

Umm · al-Shafi'i

Moderate
Majmuc 8726challenges

Majmuc · al-Nawawi

Moderate