An Outline of the History of Restriction on Ijtihad

[33]. Al-Maqrizi, al-Khutat, ii, 333.

[34]. It contains numerous instances of this kind. Refer, for instance, to Ibn Athir, al-Kamil, x,124.

[35]. Mu'jam al-buldan, i, 209.

[36]. Al-Insaf fi sabab al-ikhtilaf as quoted in Farid Wajdi, Da'irat al-ma'arif, iii, 229. Quoted here with slight interpolation.

[37]. Husul al-ma'mul min 'ilm al-usul, p.187.

[38]. Farid Wajdi, Da'irat al-ma'arif, iii, 197, with slight interpolation.

[39]. Husul al-ma'mul, p. 186, with slight interpolation.

[40]. AI-Insaf fi bayan sabab al-ikhtilaf as quoted in Farid Wajdi, Da'irat al ma'arif, iii, 221, with slight interpolation.

[41]. Ibid., p. 227.

[42]. Ibid., p. 227.

[43]. Ibid, p. 226.

[44]. A word here is not legible.

[45]. Ibid, p. 245. The correct title is: "bab ta'kid al-akhdh bi hadhihi at-arba'ah wa al-tashdid fi tarkiha wa al-khur'uj `anha."

[46]. Ibn Majah, Sunan, "al-fitan," bab 8; the exact words of the tradition are

A-Haythami observes in al-'Zawa'id: "Its chain of transmission-includes Abu Khalaf al-A'ma, whose name is Hazim ibn `Ata', and he is, da'i f."

[47]. Refer to note 5 above concerning the Prophet's tradition . ('I am the city of knowledge and 'Ali is its gateway').