A METHODOLOGICAL EXAMINATION ON IMAM AL-QASANI AND HIS BOOK ‘BADAI AL-SANAI’

Today, the prominent scholars and the major schools of Islamic law have been intensively focused on with respect to the irunderstanding of legal matters. It is an obvious fact that since the era of mujtahid (diligent) scholars, there have been miscellaneous approaches by numerous scholars towards the comprehension of the Islamic law. Studies of this nature are of great importance due to that they cast light over both the present day and the tradition. This article aims at the manifestation of the general approaches of al-Qasani, who is a major figure in the Hanafite thought of Islamic law, to the understanding and assessment of the Hanafite school. Knowledge of the approach adopted by such scholar still deserve an attentive look, owing to it shigh significance level. The article thusendeavours to ascertain which criteria al-Qasani had followed in the understanding and assessment process of the substantive law (furu al-fiqh) with examples from his book, al-Badai al-Sanai. Finally the study shows the significance of the mentioned book through the legal opinions of al-Qasani.