Shi'i "Family" of Legal Theories: An Introduction / Robert Gleave and Kumail Rajani
1: Are Rulings of the Prophet Due to Ijtihad and Are all Mujtahids Always Correct? A Chapter from the Sharh Zubdat al-usul of al-Mazandarani (d. 1081/1670) / Robert Gleave
2: Refraining from Seeking Clarification: A Chapter from al-Wafi fi sharh al-Wafiya of al-A'raji (d. 1227/1812) / Hadi Qazwini, Aun Hasan Ali, Yusuf Ünal
3: Can Non-Muslims Become Experts in Islamic Law? Two Sections from the Kawashif al-hujub 'an mushkilat al-kutub of al-Mazandarani (d. 1285/1868) / Amin Ehteshami and Hassan Rezakhany
4: What Makes a Hadith Transmitter Reliable? A Discussion from the Ghayat al-ma'mul of al-Kazimi (d. 1065/1655) / Raha Rafii and Belal Abu-Alabbas
5: Debating the Epistemic Value of Hadith: A Chapter from the Fath al-bab ila l-haqq wa-lpsawab of Mirza Muhammad al-Akhbari (d. 1232/1817) / Kumail Rajani and Nebil Husayn
6: The Chapter on Analogy (Qiyas) from the Hashiyat al-Fusul al-lu'lu'iyya of Ahmad b. 'Abdallah Ibn al-Wazir (d. 985/1577) / Sarah Islam and Jan Thiele
7: The Role of Consensus on Legal Hermeneutics: A Chapter from the Qantarat al-wusul ila 'ilm al-usul of al-Mu'ayyadi (d. c. 1044/1634) / Robert Gleave and Kumail Rajani
8: Why Early Muslims Divided into Sects? A Chapter from the Mukhtasar al-usul of 'Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Walid (d. 612/1215) / Kumail Rajani