Integration of the fundamentalist approach of Imam al-Tanbadawi (d. 948 AH) and its jurisprudential applications through his fatwas

Abstract

This study aims to This study aims to highlight the status of Imam al-Tanbadawi, as one of the most prominent imams in the Shafi'i school, and one of the late mujtahidin of the school in the city of Zabid, where he was nicknamed Sheikh al-Islam and the school, and reveal the extent of the integration of the fundamentalist methodology of this imam, and indicate his ijtihadic path that he followed. The importance of this study comes from the fact that it is the first study that sheds light on this Imam and his scientific effects, and I divided the study into a preface, in which I clarified the meaning of integration and the meaning of the original methodology, and the two researches: I mentioned in the first research: Introducing Imam al-Tanbadawi and his general approach in his fatwas, and the second: I devoted it to showing the integration of the fundamentalist approach, and its jurisprudential applications through his fatwas: To mention the most important results, as follows: 1- Imam al-Tanbadawi is considered a scholarly figure who achieved cognitive integration, especially with regard to his fundamentalist and jurisprudential approach. 2- It shows the extent of Imam al-Tanbadawi's reliance on fundamentalist and maqasidic rules when he favors one of the jurisprudential opinions, or when responding to those who disagree with him. 3- The researcher concluded that Imam al-Tanbdawi was interested in the reasoning of rulings, whether in the special fundamentalist reasoning based on the fundamentalist reasoning methods, or the general maqasidic reasoning based on the maqasidic reasoning.