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3- Qawā'id-e Fiqh, by Sayyid Muḥammad Mūsawī Bujnūrdī, published in Tehran in 1371 H. Sh. /1413 H. /1992.

4- Qawā'id-e Fiqh, (vol. 1, civil law), by the present writer. First published in 1361 H. Sh. /1982, it has been reprinted four times and treats 13 qawā'id of fiqh.

Conclusion:

1- Islamic law fulfills the necessary criteria required by a legal system. This is clearly evidenced by the existence of a systematized body of general principles from which particular laws can readily be deduced.

2- Though Sunni jurists have a long history of compiling and codifying the qawā'id of fiqh, it is worth noting that most of these qawā'id are found as such in the traditions transmitted from the Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt ('a).

3- The beginnings of the compilation of works on the juridical principles among Imāmiyyah Shī'ah can be traced to al-Qawā'id wa al-fawa'id of the al-Shahīd al-Awwal, or even to an earlier work, al-Ashbāh wa al-naẓā'ir by al-Ḥillī. However, our study indicates that when such activity reached its high point among Imamī jurists, it declined considerably among the Sunnīs.