SARAXSIY – ISLOM UYG‘ONISH DAVRINING YIRIK HUQUQSHUNOSI

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the life and scientific legacy of Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Bakr Sarakhsi, who lived and worked in the 11th century. It describes Sarakhsi’s services as a lawyer. Sarakhsi made a great contribution to the development of Islamic law and was the first in the Islamic world to establish the doctrine of international law. His works cover all sensitive aspects of the law such as the creation of norms, the methodology of understanding the law, scientific theoretical and practical issues of law. At the same time, his works reflect the basic concepts and principles, of almost all areas and topics, categories and institutions of law. Central Asia, namely Uzbekistan, is, apparently, the homeland of International Law thanks to the works of formidable scholar Muhammad ibn Ahmad Sarakhsi, so-called “Hugo Grotius of the Muslims”. By interpreting Arabic scholar Muhammad Shaybani’s book “Kitab al-Siyar al-Kabir”, Sarakhsi was first to set forth the “Siyar” – “International Law” as an autonomous and legitimate discipline within the framework of the law. Sarakhsi is the most famous representative of the “Golden age” of the Islamic Renaissance. To study the scientific legacy of Sarakhsi, it is important to take into account the features of the period in which he lived. This, in turn, will play a significant role in laying the foundation for the expected Third Renaissance in our country.