Fiqh

Muslim legal scholarship

Fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence—the body of rules derived from the Quran and prophetic teachings that governs Muslim religious and daily life.

It covers worship, family law, commerce, and criminal matters.

Different schools of fiqh (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali in Sunni Islam; Ja'fari in Shia) interpret sources differently, producing varying rulings on the same questions: The fiqh of inheritance can be complex.

practice

salat

Islamic obligatory prayer

  • zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation
  • hajjMuslim pilgrimage to Mecca
jurisprudence

fatwa

Islamic legal pronouncement

  • muftiIslamic law interpreter
  • ijmaUnanimous juristic agreement
  • halalPermitted under Islamic law

haram

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Opposites
divine vs. human derivation

FiqhSharia

Muslim religious legal code

divine law · Quran · Sunnah · divine revelation · primary sources

religious legal methodology

Fiqhsecular law

Legal code without religious basis

civil law · common law · lawlessness · canon law · natural law

knowledge type in islamic sciences

FiqhSufism

Islamic spiritual mysticism

theology · metaphysics · tawhid · dogmatics

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