The Book of Foundations of Jurisprudence According to Zahirite Methodology, by Abu Muhammad Ali Ibn Hazm, " Kitab U sul al-fiqh " (كتاب أصول الفقه), Dar Al Andalus

Ibn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hazm outlines and briefly explains the unique legal principles on which its approach is based. However, it is not a question of the principles of a school in its own right, since Ibn Hazm rejected imitation ( taqlîd ) , but rather a methodology, solely based on the Qur'ân , the Sunna and the consensus of the Companions, while rejecting analogy and individual opinion in all their forms. Ibn Hazm indeed followed the so-called " literalist " path of the Ahl az-Zâhir (or zahirites ) , so named because they only stuck to the zâhir , that is to say, to the apparent and manifest meaning of the Qur' an and the Sunnah.

About the author: Ibn Hazm

Undoubtedly one of the greatest scholars of Islamic civilization - although one of the most atypical -, the illustrious Andalusian polymath Ibn Hazm marked his time by his non-conformity, his uncompromising political commitment, his many heated debates and his major contributions to knowledge – in the field of Islamic sciences, of course, but also comparative religious studies, medicine, logic or even the art of love.