Ahkam al-Quran li-Ibn al-Faras
- Author died
- 599 AH
- Editions
- Dār Ibn Ḥazm lil-Ṭibā‘ah wal-Nashr wal-Tawzī‘
Ahkam al-Quran (The Legal Rulings of the Quran) is a work of legal exegesis by the Andalusian Maliki jurist Ibn al-Faras (d. 597 AH / 1201 CE, also recorded as 599 AH / 1203 CE), dedicated to deriving and analyzing legal rulings from the Quranic text.
Scope and Method
The work was originally composed in two volumes and is regarded as one of the most comprehensive and meticulous treatises on deducing legal rulings from the Quran. In it, Ibn al-Faras examines verses with legal implications, addressing substantive law (furu'), legal theory (usul), hadith, and differences of legal opinion among juristic authorities.
Reception
The book achieved broad renown both in al-Andalus and across the Islamic East. Ibn al-Abbar praised it as one of the finest works composed on the subject, and Ibn Farhun described it as immensely beneficial and among the best of its genre. Ibn Juzayy identified it, alongside the compilation of Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, as the finest Andalusian contribution to Quranic legal exegesis. It was also recorded by Katip Celebi in Kashf al-Zunun under the entry for Abd al-Mun'im ibn Muhammad ibn Faras.
Editions
The text was edited and studied across multiple academic doctoral dissertations before being published in three volumes, including an edition edited by Taha Bosrih and colleagues (and another by Munjiyah al-Sawayiji), published by Dar Ibn Hazm in Beirut (1427 AH / 2006 CE).
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