The Concept of mas'ala in Islamic Jursiprudence

The subject of this article is the concept of mas'ala (issue) in Islamic jurisprudence in terms of the logic of pre-modern science. Within this framework, formal structure and content of mas'ala and facts in which it consists, and some related subjects are dealt with in this paper. There are initial principles must be known before starting all science. The concept mas'ala is one of these. Mas'ala, which is a conclusion sentence aimed to be reached, consists of a topic and a verb. In fiqh, the topic of mas'ala is act of responsible, while its verb is religious decision. In addition to some questions about the topic of Islamic jurisprudential concerns, there are also some problems on its verb. Concerns in fiqh are separated into sections such as relevant area, generality, characteristic, clarity and obscurity. Apart from these matters, in this article, it is touched also on some contemporary approaches on the concept mas'ala.