# Resources to study fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-to-study-fiqh-islamic-jurisprudence/292871 "2005-03-04T05:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-to-study-fiqh-islamic-jurisprudence/292871/1 "2005-03-04T05:45:02Z")
What resources are there to study _fiqh_, particularly of the Sunni Hanafi and/or Maliki _madhahib_, for someone who neither knows Arabic nor is a specialist in \*fiqh \*(whether as a scholar of Islam or as a _faqih_, _mufti_, or _qazi_)? What main resources are used by experts in _fiqh_? Are there any standard guides or volumes used? I think there’s something called _Fiqh as-Sunnah_. I have something calling itself an abridged version of _Fiqh as-Sunnah_ in English (from Pakistan), but it is very, very poorly written/compiled/put together. WRS ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-to-study-fiqh-islamic-jurisprudence/292871/2 "2005-03-06T06:48:58Z")
There has to be someone who knows something about this. **yBeayf** maybe? Perhaps the inimitable **Tamerlane**? Some well-read, knowledgeable Muslim? WRS ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-to-study-fiqh-islamic-jurisprudence/292871/3 "2005-03-12T06:24:23Z")
One last time. Hopefully someone can help out. WRS