Sulayman bin Sulaym Allah al-Ruhayli
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Sulayman bin Sulaym Allah al-Ruhayli is a contemporary Saudi scholar and academic specializing in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and legal theory (usul al-fiqh) at the Islamic University of Madinah .
Education and scholarly career
Al-Ruhayli pursued his academic and religious training in Madinah, studying under scholars at the Islamic University of Madinah . Among his primary teachers was the jurist Muhammad ibn Hammud al-Wa'ili, under whom he studied legal maxims (al-qawa'id al-fiqhiyya) and whom he credited with instilling in him an interest in maxims and comparative legal reasoning . He subsequently attained academic rank as a professor, authoring research and participating in teaching and academic publishing .
Scholarly contributions
Al-Ruhayli's scholarly work focuses on legal theory, jurisprudence, and traditionist historiography . In legal theory, he authored Mabahith al-Amr allati Intaqadaha Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya fi Majmu al-Fatawa ("Issues of Legal Command Critiqued by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya in Majmu' al-Fatawa"), in which he conducted a comprehensive survey of Ibn Taymiyya's legal discussions to extract his critiques of standard usuli formulations—such as the relationship between divine will and command, and whether a single action can simultaneously be commanded and prohibited—and how they intersect with orthodox theological principles .
His legal scholarship also addresses juristic balancing through his treatise Qawa'id Ta'arud al-Masalih wa-l-Mafasid ("Rules Concerning Conflicting Benefits and Harms") . In the field of early historical writing, his academic research includes al-Tarikh inda Ibn Abi Shayba ("History According to Ibn Abi Shayba"), examining the historiographical methods of the third-century traditionist Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba .
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This academic historical study examines the historiographical methodology, sources, and narratives of the third-century hadith master Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shayba (d. 235 AH). It investigates how early hadith scholars recorded history within the traditionist school, focusing on historical materials across Ibn Abi Shayba's corpus, including thematic sections of al-Musannaf and related historical treatises.
This specialized treatise on legal theory (usul al-fiqh) investigates legal topics concerning the concept of command (al-amr) that Ibn Taymiyya critiqued across the volumes of his compendium Majmu al-Fatawa. It compiles and analyzes Ibn Taymiyya's discussions to present his critical positions on disputed legal commands and doctrines.