The Evolution Of Fiqh (Islamic Law & The Madh-Habs)

AssalamualaikumThis Book is a great resource especially for those new to Islam and understanding the roll of Sharia and Fiqh. Also an understanding of the schools of jurisprudence.

The author presents the topic very methodically and with such meticulous detail to simplifying the stages of fiqh in a way that is so easy to follow, understand and recall.

This book takes you through the history of Islam especially after khulfah-e-rashideen and discusses how the history impacted the evolution of fiqh. Also, clarifies the reasons why one fiqh prefered over the other in certain parts of the world.

Highly recommended for a fiqh crash course 101 and leaves the reader with a basic, solid foundation.

Goes through the history of fiqh, islamic jurisprudence, and how it changed historically from the time of the sahaba (companions of the Prophet Muhammad(pbuh)) till today.

Decent review of the history of fiqh. One issue I have is, given the Salafi tendencies here, the comment that imam Malik prayed sadl because his arms were broken 'according to some narrations," which is completely baseless and I have yet to find any narration saying that. No legitimate scholar I know, even non-Maliki scholars, agree with that statement whatsoever. The position on sadl was narrated in the Mudawana of ibn al-Qasim, one of imam Malik's greatest students who was with him for 20 years. No mention of arms being broken.I don't discard things that easily, as long as I know what I'm reading. So know what you're reading and take what is beneficial and leave that which is not. Get with a legitimate scholar so you can ask questions and set things right when studying *anything.*

Comprehensive without being exhaustive. Thank you for putting the information of how Fiqh came about and the origin of most well known Madh-habs.

Best book available on this subject!