ABSTRACT
THEdevelopmentofIslamicjurisprudence,particularlyits early,formativephasehasincreasinglyattractedtheattention
ofscholars.Thepresentpaperdoesnotaimatdiscussingtheearly developmentofIslamicjurisprudenceassuch.Itspurposeismerely tostudytheterminologyemployedintheearlyperiodofIslam, especiallyinthewritingsofthesecondcenturyauthors,tosubject someoftheimportanttermsusedinJiqhtosemanticanalysis,to considerthecharacterandsignificanceofthisterminologyand exploreitspossiblebearingontheissueswhichconfrontthestudents oftheearlyhistoryofIslamicjurisprudence.