an abstract of master thesis on Jam' al-Jawami'

1. ABSTRACT
Understanding the contributions of Muslim legal theorists is very pertinent to the
contemporary studies on uṣūl al-fiqh. Accordingly, this study presents a critical
appraisal of one of the classical works, entitled Jamʿ al-Jawāmiʿ by Tāj al-Dīn al-
Subkī. The work was selected as a sample for its scholarly acceptance. It adopts the
qualitative research methodology. It also benefits from the earlier studies on the topic.
The author is from a well-known Shāfiʿī-Ashʿarī family who lived in 8th
C A.H.
during the Mamlūk dynasty. He has many significant works on various subjects. Jamʿ
al-Jawāmiʿ is one of his uṣūlī works in which he discusses all important uṣūlī issues in
a rhetorically terse language collating from about hundred sources. It generally
follows the then prevailing structure, by incorporating pure theological and moral
issues thereby giving it a unique form. Besides the sources of law and its applications,
it also covers uṣūl-related issues from kalām and fiqh. The author adopts a distinct
methodology in the work by taking lessons from the past. The study identifies seven
such methodologies and elaborates each one of them with examples from the text.
Besides, the author employs few terminologies, which have been classified and
analysed in the study. The study observes that the wider acceptance of the book by
scholars was most likely behind the increased number of works on the text, thus
listing more than hundred such works classified under different categories. At the
same time, many criticisms are leveled against it, some of which are reasonable.
Though the recent academic reforms reduced its traditional significance, nevertheless,
the text is still alive in academic discussions, albeit, in Arabic. Thus, the study
suggests that there should be more works on the text in foreign languages and it is
worth translating.

2. ‫خالصة‬‫البحث‬
‫لل‬ ‫جدا‬ ‫مهم‬ ‫أمر‬ ‫القدامى‬ ‫ليني‬‫و‬‫األص‬ ‫إسهامات‬ ‫فهم‬ ‫إن‬.‫الفقه‬ ‫أصول‬ ‫يف‬ ‫املعاصرة‬ ‫اسات‬‫ر‬‫د‬
‫نقدي‬ ‫تقييما‬ ‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫هذه‬ ‫تقدم‬ ‫لذلك‬‫مت‬ ‫وقد‬ .‫السبكي‬ ‫الدين‬ ‫لتاج‬ "‫امع‬‫و‬‫اجل‬ ‫"مجع‬ ‫لكتاب‬ ‫ا‬
‫العلماء‬ ‫لدى‬ ‫مقبوال‬ ‫لكونه‬ ،‫لية‬‫و‬‫األص‬ ‫اثية‬‫رت‬‫ال‬ ‫للكتب‬ ‫كنموذج‬ ‫اختياره‬‫الطالب‬‫و‬‫يخ‬‫ر‬‫التا‬ ‫عرب‬
‫البلدان‬ ‫كل‬ ‫ويف‬‫هو‬ ‫الكتاب‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫لف‬‫ؤ‬‫وم‬ .‫النصي‬ ‫التحليل‬ ‫املنهج‬ ‫على‬ ‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫هذه‬ ‫وتعتمد‬ .
‫املمال‬ ‫عصر‬ ‫يف‬ ‫اشتهرت‬ ‫اليت‬ "‫بك‬ُ‫"الس‬ ‫أسرة‬ ‫من‬‫ومجع‬ .‫شىت‬ ‫فنون‬ ‫يف‬ ‫عدة‬ ‫مصنفات‬ ‫له‬‫و‬ .‫يك‬
،‫ووجيزة‬ ،‫بليغة‬ ‫بلغة‬ ‫لية‬‫و‬‫األص‬ ‫القضايا‬ ‫مجيع‬ ‫فيه‬ ‫يناقش‬ ‫إذ‬ ،‫لية‬‫و‬‫األص‬ ‫كتبه‬ ‫أهم‬ ‫من‬ ‫امع‬‫و‬‫اجل‬
‫علم‬ ‫من‬ ‫باألصول‬ ‫الصلة‬ ‫ذات‬ ‫القضايا‬ ‫على‬ ‫وحيتوي‬ .‫متنوع‬ ‫مصدر‬ ‫مائة‬ ‫ايل‬‫و‬‫ح‬ ‫من‬ ‫مستمدة‬
‫و‬ ‫التبعية‬‫و‬ ‫األصلية‬ ‫املصادر‬ ‫عن‬ ‫فضال‬ ،‫الفقه‬‫و‬ ‫اللغة‬‫و‬ ‫الكالم‬‫إىل‬ ‫إضافة‬ .‫بتطبيقاهتا‬ ‫يتعلق‬ ‫ما‬
‫احملضة‬ ‫األخالقية‬‫و‬ ‫العقدية‬ ‫القضايا‬‫أضفى‬ ‫مما‬‫مسب‬ ‫غري‬ ‫يدا‬‫ر‬‫ف‬ ‫شكال‬ ‫الكتاب‬ ‫على‬‫و‬‫بالرغم‬ ،‫ق‬
‫و‬ .‫وتقسيمه‬ ‫الكتاب‬ ‫تيب‬‫ر‬‫ت‬ ‫يف‬ ‫الوقت‬ ‫ذلك‬ ‫يف‬ ‫السائدة‬ ‫العادة‬ ‫اتباعه‬ ‫من‬‫قد‬‫لف‬‫ؤ‬‫امل‬ ‫اعتمد‬
‫لفني‬‫ؤ‬‫امل‬ ‫مناهج‬ ‫من‬ ‫العربة‬ ‫اختاذ‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫من‬ ‫كتابه‬ ‫يف‬ ‫ا‬‫ز‬‫متمي‬ ‫أسلوبا‬‫هذه‬ ‫كزت‬‫ر‬ ‫وقد‬ .‫السابقني‬
‫اىل‬ .‫الكتاب‬ ‫من‬ ‫اهد‬‫و‬‫الش‬‫و‬ ‫األمثلة‬ ‫ضوء‬ ‫يف‬ ‫التفاصيل‬ ‫مع‬ ‫منها‬ ‫مناهج‬ ‫سبعة‬ ‫على‬ ‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬
.‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫هذه‬ ‫يف‬ ‫وحتليلها‬ ‫تصنيفها‬ ‫مت‬ ‫اليت‬ ‫املصطلحات‬ ‫بعض‬ ‫لف‬‫ؤ‬‫امل‬ ‫يستخدم‬ ،‫ذلك‬ ‫جانب‬
‫الش‬ ‫اء‬‫ر‬‫و‬ ‫األكرب‬ ‫السبب‬ ‫هو‬ ‫العلماء‬ ‫لدى‬ ‫للكتاب‬ ‫اسع‬‫و‬‫ال‬ ‫القبول‬ ‫أن‬ ‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫والحظت‬‫روح‬
‫املائةز‬ ‫عددها‬ ‫حياوز‬ ‫حبيث‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫أقيمت‬ ‫الكثرية‬‫االنتقادات‬ ‫من‬ ‫الكثري‬ ‫ه‬ ِّ‫وج‬ ‫نفسه‬ ‫الوقت‬ ‫ويف‬
‫اإلصالحات‬ ‫أن‬ ‫من‬ ‫الرغم‬ ‫على‬ .‫معقول‬ ‫هو‬ ‫ما‬ ‫منها‬ ،‫للكتاب‬‫خفضت‬ ‫األخرية‬ ‫األكادميية‬
.‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫ود‬ ‫حتقيقا‬ ‫اجلامعية‬ ‫الرسائل‬ ‫يف‬ ‫ا‬‫ر‬‫حاض‬ ‫ال‬‫ز‬‫ي‬ ‫ال‬ ‫شروحها‬ ‫مع‬ ‫الكتاب‬ ‫فإن‬ ،‫التقليدية‬ ‫أمهيته‬
‫الكتاب‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫حول‬ ‫أكثر‬ ‫اسات‬‫ر‬‫د‬ ‫يكون‬ ‫أن‬ ‫ينبغي‬ ‫أنه‬ ‫إىل‬ ‫تشري‬ ‫اسة‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫فإن‬ ، ‫ا‬‫ري‬‫أخ‬‫و‬
‫اللغة‬ ‫يف‬ ‫كلها‬ ‫السابقة‬ ‫اسات‬‫ر‬‫الد‬ ‫إن‬ ‫حيث‬ ،‫كاملة‬ ‫الرتمجة‬ ‫عن‬ ‫فضال‬ ،‫أجنبية‬ ‫بلغات‬ ،‫ومنهجه‬
.‫فقط‬ ‫بية‬‫ر‬‫الع‬