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Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imami Shi'i Legal Theory is a critical edition of the Arabic text with a parallel English translation of Mabadi' al-wusul ila 'ilm al-usul by al-'Allamah al-Hilli, introduced, edited and translated by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi. Al-'Allamah al-Hilli participated in the leading debates of his day and applied his vast erudition in philosophy, logic, and theology to the paramount subject of jurisprudence. This text presents an exemplar of the rich revival of Shi'i scholarship in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries of the Common Era. Concise, yet comprehensive, this work sets the standard for the subsequent development and discussion of Imami Shi'i legal theory, such that its influence can be traced through to modern times. This dual-text edition is indispensable for students and scholars of Imami Shi'i jurisprudence.

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Jamal al-Din Abu Mansur al-Hasan b. Sadid al-Din Yusuf b. Zayn al-Din 'Ali b. al-Mutahhar al-Hilli (d. 726 AH/ 1325 CE) was an influential and prolific scholar, jurist, and theologian of the Imami Shi'i school of Hillah, whose unrivalled mastery of the Islamic sciences earned him the unique title of al-'Allamah, or 'Doctor Maximus'. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He is the Dean of the Shi'ah Institute in London, the translator of The Mystery of Prayer (Brill, 2015), and is currently working on an English translation of the Nahj al-balagah.

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