Fiqh is like an ocean which does not yield its pearls and...

Fiqh is like an ocean which does not yield its pearls and treasures to those divers who lack discrimination, knowledge, experience and exper­tise. Those who try to fathom it without possessing these qualities are drowned and destroyed. The exercise of ijtihad should be in accordance with the criteria and principles of ‘ilm al-'usul; otherwise any claims to ijtihad cannot be recognized.

3.Perpetual research about the factors that relate to the process of ramification (tafr’i)of the principles and their application to particular cases. These elements are as follows: (a) The usul (fundamental principles) of ahkam, in whose light the ahkam for new furu` are obtained. (b) The general rules of ahkam, which are applicable to individual instances in…