Imam Al-Sa'luki and His Jurisprudential Views

Abstract

This research aims to highlight the personality of one of the leading Muslim scholars of the fourth century AH, Imam Abu Sahl Al-Sa'luki (d. 369 AH), one of the imams of the Shafi'i school of thought. It explores his personal and scholarly life and his jurisprudential views, which have not received sufficient attention in contemporary sources, despite his prolific knowledge, asceticism, and diverse knowledge spanning jurisprudence, hadith, literature, and Sufism.

This research includes an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction provides an introduction to the research and the plan I followed in writing it. The first section covers the personal and scholarly life of Imam al-Sa'luki, divided into sections and paragraphs, following the methodology of contemporary scholarly research. The second section consists of four sections, addressing the Imam's jurisprudential views on some issues in which he departed from the well-known and accepted Shafi'i school of thought. I then outline the most important findings I reached, concluding with a brief conclusion at the end of the study. I ask God Almighty for sincerity and acceptance.