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school of
Twelver Shia
Islam in
opposition to the
minority Akhbarism. The
Usulis favor the use of
ijtihad (reasoning) in the
creation of new
rules of jurisprudence;...
- khabara'at, news or reports,
while Usuli comes from Uṣūl al-fiqh,
principles of
Islamic jurisprudence. Akhbaris,
unlike Usulis, do not
accept Usul al-fiqh—i...
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ijtihad by
adopting reasoned argumentation in
finding the laws of Islam.
Usulis emphasize the role of
Mujtahid who was
capable of
independently interpreting...
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abandoned by Shia. The
dominance of the
Usuli over the
Akhbari came in last half of the 18th
century when
Behbahani led
Usulis to
dominance and "completely routed...
- be
regarded as not
having been
provided for.
According to the
majority Usuli view, it is
legitimate to s****
general principles by induction, to provide...
- and
rituals are
appreciably different from
those of mainstream,
orthodox Usulis.
According to Alevis[which?], Ali and
Muhammad are
likened to the two sides...
-
domination of
Twelver branch by
followers of
Usuli school and
demise of
Akhbari school, the
title was po****rized by
Usulis as an
attempt to
promote their status...
- Imams.
There are
three schools of Jaʿfari jurisprudence:
Usuli, Akhbari, and Shaykhi; the
Usuli school is by far the
largest of the three.
Twelver groups...
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figure in the
eighteenth century Twelver Shia
debates between Akhbaris and
Usulis on the
nature of
ijtihad and jurisprudence. He is
known among Shia scholars...
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divergences resulted in
controversy and
ongoing accusations of
heresy from
Usulis and Akhbaris. It has been
described as a
mystical strand of
Twelver Shi'a...
