Abstract Due to the absence of his opinions and legal theories in the Islamic legal tradition, Ibn Ḥibbān’s legal theory outlined in his introduction to the Ṣaḥīḥ , initially known as al-Taqāsim wa-l-Anwāʿ (the divisions and the categories), has managed to escape the notice of modern scholarship. This article seeks to provide an in-depth overview of the divisions and classifications of Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān within the framework of hadith study and Islamic legal theory, commonly known as uṣūl al-fiqh . To perform a thorough investigation of this early collection of ḥadīth, we have chosen a Book of Knowledge or Kitāb al-ʿIlm from Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān . We will demonstrate the epistemic and deontic modals of obligatory, prohibited, formative, permissible, and exclusive aspects by using his al-taqāsim (divisions) and al-anwāʿ (categories) in Kitāb al-ʿIlm. The fundamental principle of al-Taqāsim wa-l-Anwāʿ is that epistemic and deontic modals should align with the Divine command. This structure aims to achieve an ethical state of affairs that is expressed as Sunnah , a term that denotes the practise of the Prophet.
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