Application of methods of uṣul al-istinbaṭ (legal theory) in seeking the meaning out of words of the Book (the Quran) and the Sunnah (the precedent)

Presenting a practical model of methodological practice of ijtihād in inferring the mystical and ethical teachings out of mathūr (authentically transmitted) resources based on the rules of ‘ilm al-uṣūl (legal theory) is the first achievement of this study. Discovering methods peculiar to the author in evaluating these presumptive rules based on authentically transmitted indications, as well as bringing flexibility to the function of rules on the basis of denotation of texts is the second achievement of this study. It means that the author has returned the rules to the text of the Book and the Sunnah (i.e. the Quran and the Precedent) and this way has prevented the legal theory rules to influence on “meaning” for the authentically transmitted texts. Having made preparations, he benefited, instead, from establishment of “hadith family” and “examining the indications” and has applied the rules in their practical position, that is at the service of understanding the meaning and finding the denotation from the Quran and the hadith.