Imaam Ibn Qudaamah Al-Maqdisi -rahimahullaah said:
It is praiseworthy and encouraged to seek for all the knowledge of the Ash-shar’ia.
Al-u’lumu Ash-shar’ia can also be classified into;
♦ Al-usul.
These are the foundation and pillars of the Deen. They serves as the source for the derivation of Hukm.
These sources are:
- كتاب الله تعالى (Qur’an)
- سنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم (Hadith)
- إجماع الأمة (consensus of the Ummah)
- آثار الصحابة (The Hathar of the companions).
♦ Al-Furu’u
This has to with the elaboration of rules which govern ritual and social activities.
♦ Al-Muqaddimaat.
These are tools that assist one to have deep and full understanding of the knowledge of the sharia. Examples are lexicography, grammar etc. These tools are basically called I’lmu Al-Alaat in Arabic.
♦ Al-Mutammimaat.
These has to do with the knowledge of the different ways of how to recite the Quran, the knowledge of knowing the men of narrators of Hadith.
Allaahu A’alam
Baarakallaahu feekum
