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Founding of the Madhāhib (Schools of Law)

The crystallization of the major legal schools (Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī, and others) around distinct methodologies of deriving law.

The crystallization of the major legal schools (Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī, and others) around distinct methodologies of deriving law.

Key passages(20)

Rafc Malam · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Culama Muslimin · al-Sha'rani

High

Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

High

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Nihayat Wusul · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Tarikh · Al-Tabari

High

Tarikh · Al-Ya'qubi

High

Tarikh · Ibn Khaldun

High

Ghiyath Umam · Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

High

Mankhul · al-Ghazali

High

Minhaj Sunna · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Rawdat Nazir · Ibn Qudama

High

Sawaciq Mursala · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Aclam Muwaqqicin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Muhalla Bi Athar · Ibn Hazm

High

Mustadrak Cala Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Dar Tacarud · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

High

Radd Cala Subki · Ibn Taymiyya

High