USUL FIQH TOUGHTS OF SYEIKH AHMAD AL-FATANI IN HIS TREATIES AL-FATAWA AL- ATANIYYAH

Syeikh Ahmad al-Fatani was one of prolific Malay scholars who had produced more than 160 writings in the fields of tafsir, hadith and fiqh. He had never written any specific books on Islamic Jurisprudence, moreover, his kitab al-Fatawa al-Fataniyyah is a testimony of his intellectual in this field. This article focuses on his Islamic Jurisprudence thoughts in that Kitab. The article reveals that this Kitab conveyed a concrete evidence to celebrate him as a scholar in that field. This is due to his deep understanding and scholarly thought in the field of Islamic Jurisprudence which is the basis and the only method to configuring fiqh and fatawa. He reminds us that there is no assurance fatawas which had been disseminated are in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah before they priorly purified by the method as explained in the Islamic Jurisprudence.