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Madhhab (School of Law as Institution)

The school of law as a self-reproducing interpretive community with its own canonical texts, hierarchy of opinions (rājiḥ), and method of issuing fatwās.

The school of law as a self-reproducing interpretive community with its own canonical texts, hierarchy of opinions (rājiḥ), and method of issuing fatwās.

Key passages(4)

Mankhul · al-Ghazali

High

Hisba · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Rasail Cashar · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Ikhtiyarat Fiqhiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

Moderate