Humayda al-Jahdali
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Humayda al-Jahdali (full name: Humayda bint Ghubash al-Jahdali) is a contemporary researcher in Islamic studies and Hanbali jurisprudence .
Scholarly Research
Al-Jahdali specialized in Hanbali jurisprudence, authoring a master's thesis titled al-Masaʾil al-Fiqhiyya allati Banaha al-Hanabila fi Madhhabihim ʿala al-Ihtijaj bi-Madhhab al-Sahabi ("Jurisprudential Issues Built by the Hanbalis in Their School upon the Legal Authoritativeness of the Companion's Doctrine"), covering the legal topics from marriage through acknowledgement (iqrar) .
Her research examined the legal methodology of deriving substantive rulings from the legal opinions and rulings of the Prophet's Companions . Structurally, the study includes an introductory framework on Hanbali legal foundations (usul), the conceptual definition of madhhab al-sahabi, and its authoritative status among legal theorists . The core chapters comprehensively survey sixty-nine substantive legal issues extracted from standard Hanbali reference texts—specifically Kashshaf al-Qinaʿ and Sharh Muntaha al-Iradat—spanning family law, physical offenses (jinayat), blood money (diyat), prescribed penalties (hudud), dietary laws, oaths, judicial procedure, legal verdicts (fatwa), and acknowledgments .
Among the primary findings of her research is that all four major Sunni schools of jurisprudence consider the opinion of a Companion to be a valid legal proof, although they vary regarding its specific hierarchical rank among legal sources . She concluded her study by recommending the compilation of an exhaustive jurisprudential encyclopedia organizing transmitted reports (athar) systematically according to legal topics .
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This contemporary legal treatise in Hanbali jurisprudence investigates substantive legal rulings (furu') established solely on the authoritative opinion of a Companion (madhhab al-sahabi), excluding matters supported by direct textual evidence from the Quran or prophetic hadith. Originating as an academic master's thesis in Islamic studies, the work focuses on the codified positions of the Hanbali school rather than the personal views of Ahmad ibn Hanbal alone, covering legal chapters from marriage through acknowledgement.