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Methodology of Jurisprudential Problem Solving

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hamid derayati 1
seyed mohammad baghir ghadami 2
Seyed Mohammad sadigh ghadami 2
reza Mihandoost 3
1 Professor of Advanced Jurisprudence and Principles at the Hawza of Khorasan (Corresponding Author)
2 Lecturer and researcher of Khorasan Seminary
3 Researcher at the Daneshvaran Research Institute.
10.22034/disah.2024.716662
Abstract
The science of principles is responsible for the rule-making of jurisprudential operations; however, jurisprudential inference involves operations that go beyond that. This is because jurisprudential inference is a set of operations whose rules are delineated in the sciences of principles, jurisprudential rules, and the science of narrators. Since these operations are complex and require great precision, these rules should be defined as a process. However, a review of jurisprudential and principled texts reveals that they mainly focus on reasoning, theorizing, and clarifying foundations. Although some of their statements may provide evidence, there is a lack of a concentrated and clear methodology for problem-solving. Therefore, it is appropriate to clarify the method of jurisprudential problem-solving independently. Discovering these intertwined and complex layers in the inference process, along with machine and intelligent analyses, will lead to new horizons and precise outcomes. The proposed problem-solving method is based on three pillars: issue identification, source identification, and implication analysis. This means that initially, the issue should be clearly defined, followed by the discovery of relevant sources, and then the ruling and its components should be extracted from the evidence. This paper employs library resources and employs a descriptive-analytical method to present the solution to jurisprudential problems with practical application.
Keywords
Problem Solving
Jurisprudential Issue
Methodology of Ijtihad
Ijtihad Algorithm
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Digital Islamic Humanities
Volume 1, Issue 1
September 2025
Pages 7-34