The Disagreements between Ibn Bint Al- Shafi’s Fiqh and the Four Schools of Thought of Islam : Review and Comparison

Abstract

This research is based on studying an important jurisprudential subject

entitled: «The Fiqh Disagreements of Ibn Bint Al- Shafi’i to the four Schools

of Thought of Islamic Jurisprudence- review and comparison», It consisted of

an introduction, preface, and three topics, The introduction was devoted to the

importance of the topic, objectives, limitations of the study, previous studies,

and research methodology and plan, The preface was dedicated to the life of

Ibn Bint Al- Shafi’i. The first topic discussed the jurisprudence disagreements

of Ibn Bint Al- Shafi’i in worship, the second to his disagreements personal

matters and the third to his fiqh disagreements in sanctions.

The research concluded with a set of results, notably: that Ibn Bint Al-

Shafi’i did not see the prayers that were missed without an excuse could be

made up and he also considered going from Safa to Marwah, and back to Safa

as one round. He also considered that the boy child through breastfeeding

becomes the son of the woman who breastfed him and not the son of her

husband, and that a quorum is not a requirement for the consideration of

punishment of theft. He was in these- and others- in disagreement to the four

schools of jurisprudence.