Islamic Legal Maxims in al-Tafseerat al-Ahmdiah and Their Significance

Abstract

The Holy Quran is the basic original and fundamental source of Islamic Shariah. The tradition of interpretation and explanation of Holy Quran, inference and deduction of various issues is still alive which were initiated at Prophet's Era. Amongst the methods of interpretation, very important one is juridical and Hukmi that deals with rules and regulations of juridical issues. A renowned and leading intellectual of subcontinent Mulla Jevon wrote a Tafsir Al-Tafsirat al-Ahmdiah following these principles. While writing Tafsir, He discussed Legal Maxims (Al-Qawaid Al-Fiqhiyyah) along side juridical principles and brought to limelight various issues of Shariah. He opted for various methods of jurisprudence while explaining different issues. He explained the difference between Shafi and Hanfi School of Thought preferring Hanfi School of thought with Legal arguments. In This research article nine legal maxims of Islamic Jurisprudence are discussed which were used during writing Tafsir Al-Tafsirat al-Ahmdiah