The Four Juristic School – Their Founders – Development – Methodology – Legacy

The Department of Fatwa at the Kuwait Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs has routinely provided works that help students of sacred knowledge develop their understanding of matters pertaining to Islamic Law, as well as strengthen their academic ability.

Furthermore, as it is not possible for the student of knowledge to dispense with the study of the books belonging to the renowned juristic schools—particularly the four well-known schools—and to learn the dominant from the anomalous positions of each school, the Islamic Research Team at the Department of Fatwa in Kuwait decided to author this work entitled:

The Four Juristic Schools: Their Founders – Development – Methodology – Legacy

It is hoped that this book will present to the respectable reader a focused and academic insight into each of the four schools that have survived and found their unique place within this nation while other schools became extinct with the passage of time. These schools were served by their followers, and their legal methodology had been established, the opinions of their scholars recorded, and their positions redacted, thereby distinguishing the dominant position of the school from the weak and anomalous.