............................................................................................................................................................. 2 LIST OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 3 LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................ 8 NOTES .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 10 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 10 2. RESEARCH CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................. 18 2.1. The Comprehensive Approach ............................................................................................................... 18 2.2. The Selective Approach .......................................................................................................................... 19 2.3. The Intellectual History of Uṣūl al-Fiqh Within the History of Fiqh ........................................................ 20 2.4. The Intellectual History of Uṣūl al-Fiqh Within the Phenomenon of Marjiʿiyya ..................................... 20 3. SOURCES, STRUCTURE AND OUTLINE OF THE RESEARCH ............................................................................................... 22 1. CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................................................................. 25 THE FORMATION OF MODERN SHĪʿĪ JURISPRUDENCE .......................................................................................... 25 1.