Template:Usul al-fiqh

Part of a series on Islam
Usul al-fiqh
(The Roots of Jurisprudence)

• Qur'an and Sunnah
  
• Taqlid (imitation)
  
• Ijtihad (interpretation)
  
• Ijma (consensus)
• Madh'hab (school of law)
  
• Minhaj (method)
  
• Qiyas (analogical reasoning)
  
• Urf (society custom)
  
• Islamic jurisprudence
  
• Bid‘ah (innovation)
• Madrasah (school/seminary)
• Ijazah (authorisation)
• Istihlal
• Istihsan (discretion)
• Risalah (dissertation)

• Halal (legal)
• Wajib/Fard (obligatory, duty)
• Mustahabb (favoured)
• Mubah (neutral)
• Makruh (disliked, abominable)
• Haraam (illegal, prohibited)
• Baatil (void, incorrect)
• Fasiq (corrupt)

• Mujtahid (scholar of islamic law with comprehensive understanding of the texts and reality)
• Marja (authority)
• Alim (scholar; pl. Ulema)
• Mufti (interpreter)
• Qadi (judge)
• Faqih (jurist)
• Muhaddith (narrator)
• Mullah
• Imam
• Mawlawi
• Sheikh
• Mujaddid (reviver)
• Hafiz
• Hujja
• Hakim
• Amir al-Mu'min in reg. hadith
• Maulana