Aims and Scope

Aims and Vision

This journal aims to disseminate innovative ideas within its subject area, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and offering scholarly solutions to contemporary challenges in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and law through comparative studies among Islamic schools of thought and legal systems. Its primary objectives include:

  1. Promoting and expanding fundamental jurisprudential research based on the perspectives of Islamic schools to foster the transformation of Islamic legal theories.
  2. Promoting and expanding applied jurisprudential research grounded in the viewpoints of Islamic schools to address emerging contemporary issues.
  3. Promoting and expanding foundational research in the theories and issues of Usul al-Fiqh (principles of Islamic jurisprudence) based on the perspectives of Islamic schools.
  4. Promoting interdisciplinary studies in jurisprudence and law founded on the teachings of Islamic schools.
  5. Promoting critical jurisprudential studies inspired by the teachings of Islamic schools.
  6. Revealing the extent of convergence among Islamic schools in deriving Shari'a rulings related to individual and social matters.
  7. Highlighting the capacity of Usul al-Fiqh studies from the perspectives of Islamic schools to generate innovative theories regarding methods of legal reasoning and inference.
  8. Providing an academic platform for enhancing scientific interaction among jurists and scholars of various Islamic schools.

The Comparative Studies in Fiqh and Usul al-Madhahib journal primarily seeks to provide a scholarly resource for the publication of original ideas and studies in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence and law.

The key themes and subject areas of this journal include:

Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) of the Schools of Thought:

    • Fiqh of worship (‘ibadat) in Islamic schools of thought
    • Fiqh of transactions (mu‘amalat) in Islamic schools of thought
    • Criminal jurisprudence (fiqh jinayat) in Islamic schools of thought
    • Family jurisprudence (fiqh al-usra) in Islamic schools of thought

Principles of Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh) in Islamic Schools:

      • Usul al-Fiqh of the Imamiyyah School
      • Usul al-Fiqh of the Hanbali School
      • Usul al-Fiqh of the Hanafi School
      • Usul al-Fiqh of the Shafi‘i School
      • Usul al-Fiqh of the Maliki School

Law:

        • Private Law
        • Public Law
        • Citizenship Law
        • Criminal Law
        • Family Law