The Distinguished Jurist's Primer: A Translation of Bidayat Al-Mujtahid, Vol. 2 (The Great Books of Islamic Civilization)

Even if you have several books of Islamic law, this book is extremely valuable for two main reasons. First, it outlines the positions of the major schools and the sources and reasoning they use to arrive at those positions. Second, and more importantly, Ibn Rushd (Averroes to most of his European admirers) explains the divergence of views among the schools on the basis of the different methodologies they employ on a particular issue; or the different weight they might give to two apparently conflicting verses or hadith; or their different judgements about abrogation or the relative authority of Qur'an and Sunnah.Because of this, both Muslims and students of Islam are able to grasp how Muslim law is not simply reducible to a code but remains an ongoing conversation (even an argument) about how God wants us to act.The translation is excellent and the production of the book is of very good quality. The work is available in two volumes or one. One volume is obviously cheaper, but I would recommend the two-volume version because of the size.

This is dense material. Be sure you have general knowledge of one school of thought before delving in or you will get confused. It is a summary of opinions, but remember that Ibn Rushd sometimes speaks of other madhabs and is not an expert in other madhabs. Ibn Rushd was also influenced by philosophers.

An invaluable source for the believers and seekers of knowledge of How minutely the Muslim Jurists see the injunctions and related matters in reaching a verdict or conclusion.Blogshakir.shalimarinsurance.com[...][...][...][...]

Great book, getting more expensive and rarer to find especially the first volume.