ABSTRACT

THEdevelopmentofIslamicjurisprudence,particularlyits early,formativephasehasincreasinglyattractedtheattention

ofscholars.Thepresentpaperdoesnotaimatdiscussingtheearly developmentofIslamicjurisprudenceassuch.Itspurposeismerely tostudytheterminologyemployedintheearlyperiodofIslam, especiallyinthewritingsofthesecondcenturyauthors,tosubject someoftheimportanttermsusedinJiqhtosemanticanalysis,to considerthecharacterandsignificanceofthisterminologyand exploreitspossiblebearingontheissueswhichconfrontthestudents oftheearlyhistoryofIslamicjurisprudence.