The Imitation of a Mujtahid to a Mujtahid in the early eras of jurisprudence: Rules and Principles

-, Saif Abdulsattar Hamdan; -, Akram Ubaid Fraih

doi:10.34278/aujis.2026.192244

	The Imitation of a Mujtahid to a Mujtahid in the early eras of jurisprudence: Rules and Principles
Anbar University Journal of Islamic Sciences
Article 20, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026, Pages 2253-2277 PDF (3.9 M)
DOI: 10.34278/aujis.2026.192244
Authors
Saif Abdulsattar Hamdan -; Akram Ubaid Fraih -
University of Anbar - College of Islamic Sciences
Abstract
This research examines the tradition of a mujtahid in the early eras of jurisprudence. It identifies its project and its rules through applied examples, highlighting its contribution to the experience of the schools of jurisprudence. It concludes that it is a disciplined tradition that contributed to preserving the unity of jurisprudence without resorting to reprehensible imitation. I chose this topic for my research, which I titled: (The Imitation of a Mujtahid to a Mujtahid in the Early Eras of Jurisprudence: Rules and Principles). Following this summary, the research was divided into sections and a conclusion, the specific ones being as follows: Section One: The legal basis for the issue of imitation of a mujtahid according to it. Section Two: The legitimacy of a mujtahid's imitation of another mujtahid. Section Three: The methods of the early eras of jurisprudence. Section Four: The imitation of a mujtahid to another mujtahid in the formation of schools of jurisprudence. Then, I concluded by mentioning the results I reached in this modest research
Keywords
Imitation of the mujtahid; the early eras of jurisprudence; the mujtahids of the Companions; the regulations of imitation

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