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al-Amr wa-l-Nahy (Command and Prohibition)

Whether the imperative entails obligation or recommendation, immediacy or repetition, and whether a prohibition renders the act void.

Whether the imperative entails obligation or recommendation, immediacy or repetition, and whether a prohibition renders the act void.

Key passages(18)

Tanzih Anbiya · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Taqrib Wa Irshad · al-Baqillani

High

Tabsira Fi Usul Fiqh · Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

High

Daruri Fi Usul Fiqh · Ibn Rushd

High

Minhaj Fi Sharh Muslim · al-Nawawi

High
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Umm · al-Shafi'i

High

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

High

Mankhul · al-Ghazali

High

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

High

Tibyan · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Ciqd Manzum · al-Qarafi

Moderate

Mutashabih Quran · al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

Moderate

Nihayat Aqdam · al-Shahrastani

Moderate
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Usul · al-Sarakhsi

Moderate

Kitab Alfayn · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Moderate

Madkhal Ila Sunan Kubra · al-Bayhaqi

Moderate

Radd Cala Subki · Ibn Taymiyya

Moderate