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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books the Life of Imām 'ali Bin Mūsā Al-ridā Chapter Ix THE SCIENCE OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE It is not an act of exaggeration or extremism when we say that the Islamic jurisprudence of ahl al-Bayt , peace be on them, * *is the best of that which has been codified in the world of legislation, for it complies with innate and reason, does not deviate from the laws of the cosmos; there is neither difficulty nor narrowness nor backwardness in its items.

Rather it is balanced, progressive, and perfect. It has treated mans affairs and given to them decisive solutions in the light of intellect and logic.

Moreover this jurisprudence has another characteristic of great importance, and this characteristic is that it has been taken form the Imāms of guidance who are among the pillars of awareness and guidance in the world of Islam, for they announced that they did not give religious edicts regarding a certain matter according to their own opinions or their personal decisions; rather they announced that they took their religious decisions from their grandfather the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, who supplied them with his knowledge, singled them out with his wisdom, regarded them as lifeboats and security for mankind, and made it obligatory on the community to follow their creed and their example; and this has been proved by many traditions which has been transmitted from them by the trustworthy narrators from among their companions.

It is worth mentioning that the Shiites regard all the precepts which have been narrated on the authority of the Imāms of ahl al-Bayt , peace be on them, as part of the Sunna, which is one of the sources of Fatwā or religious edict and among the concepts of Islamic legislation according which man should act and worship, if the way of the chain of authorities to them (the Imāms) is authentic, and if the fatwā was issued by them to explain the real precept, not for precautionary dissimulation, and other conditions which have been mentioned by the jurists concerning authentic traditions.

Any how, Imām al-Ridā, peace be on him, was among the leading Imāms of guidance, peace be on them; therefore, his words and actions are part of the Sunna, for a group of legislative precepts have been transmitted from him. We will mention some examples of them in one of the researches of this book. Now, we will talk about his science of Islamic jurisprudence.