Balqasim al-Zabidi
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Balqasim al-Zabidi is a contemporary scholar and researcher in Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) and Quranic studies, known for his work on the verification and application of the ratio legis in Islamic jurisprudence.
Education and career
His full name is Balqasim ibn Dhakir ibn Muhammad al-Zabidi. He completed his advanced studies at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca, earning a doctorate in usul al-fiqh from the Department of Sharia in the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies in 1434–1435 AH (2014 CE). His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Ghazi ibn Murshid al-Utaybi, investigated juristic reasoning regarding the effective cause or locus of legal rulings and contemporary legal issues, subsequently published as al-Ijtihad fi manat al-hukm al-shar'i: dirasa ta'siliyya tatbiqiyya (Juristic Reasoning Regarding the Locus of Legal Rulings: A Foundational and Applied Study).
Al-Zabidi served as the director of the Center for Quranic Studies and Information at the Imam al-Shatibi Institute in Jeddah. In that capacity, he acted as the secretary-general on the supervisory committee for the compilation of Mawsu'at al-tafsir al-ma'thur (The Encyclopedia of Transmitted Exegesis), a twenty-four-volume compendium of early Quranic commentaries.
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List of Works
This academic treatise on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) examines the concept of the ratio or locus of legal rulings (manat al-hukm). It explores the modes of juristic reasoning (ijtihad) involved in identifying, refining, and applying this ratio in Islamic jurisprudence, combining theoretical analysis with applied discussions.