| First Editor's Note |
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7 | (1) |
| Second Editor's Note |
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8 | (3) |
| A Short Biography of Martyr Ayatullah al-Sadr |
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11 | (14) |
| Foreword |
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25 | (14) |
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Lesson One: Definition of the Science of Jurisprudence (Fiqh) |
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39 | (2) |
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Lesson Two: Definition of the Science of the Principles of Jurispudence (Usul) |
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41 | (3) |
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Lesson Three: The Science of Usul, the Logic of Jurisprudence |
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44 | (3) |
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Lesson Four: Interaction Between Jurisprudence and Usul |
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47 | (2) |
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Lesson Five: The Permissibility of the Procedure of Deduction |
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49 | (5) |
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Lesson Six: Shar'i Rulings and Their Divisions |
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54 | (3) |
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Lesson Seven: Types of Derivative Procedure |
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57 | (4) |
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Lesson Eight: General Principles |
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61 | (2) |
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Lesson Nine: Signification or Indication |
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63 | (5) |
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68 | (4) |
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Lesson Eleven: Dividing Meanings into Nominal (Ismi) and Particular (Harfi) |
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72 | (7) |
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Lesson Twelve: What Indications Are Discussed in the Principles of Jurisprudence? |
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79 | (4) |
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Lesson Thirteen: Absoluteness (al Itlaq) |
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83 | (4) |
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Lesson Fourteen: The Authority of Apparent Meaning and State (Hujjiyyat al-Zuhur) |
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87 | (5) |
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Lesson Fifteen: Verification of Issuance |
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92 | (3) |
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Lesson Sixteen: Non-verbal Religious Evidence |
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95 | (2) |
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Lesson Seventeen: Rational Evidence; Rational Relationships |
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97 | (3) |
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Lesson Eighteen: Relationships Existing Among Different Rulings: the Relationship of Contradiction Between Obligation and Prohibition |
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100 | (4) |
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Lesson Nineteen: Relationships Existing Between a Ruling and its Subject and Those to Whom it Applies: Stipulation and Actualization |
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104 | (3) |
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Lesson Twenty: The Relationships Existing Between a Ruling and its Preliminaries |
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107 | (3) |
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Lesson Twenty-One: The Relationships Existing Within a Single Ruling |
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110 | (2) |
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Lesson Twenty-Two: The Primacy of Rational Caution |
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112 | (3) |
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Lesson Twenty-Three: The Secondary Procedural Principle |
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115 | (2) |
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Lesson Twenty-Four: The Principle of the Accountability (al-Munajjiziya) of Summary Knowledge (al-'llm al-ijmali) |
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117 | (4) |
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Lesson Twenty-Five: Dissolving the Ambiguous Knowledge |
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121 | (2) |
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Lesson Twenty-Six: The Presumption of Continuity (al-Istishab) |
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123 | (3) |
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Lesson Twenty-Seven: Contradiction Between the Evidences |
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126 | (4) |
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Lesson Twenty-Eight: Contradiction Between Procedural Principles |
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130 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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133 | (6) |
| Transcription System |
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139 | (1) |
| Index of Concepts |
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140 | (2) |
| Index of Names |
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