Fakhr al-Din al-Râzî's undrstanding of legal theory and method of ınference in the context of his Qur'anic exeegesis

Usûl al-figh is an independent field of knowledge that deals with the methods of deriving rulings from Islamic legal sources. Terminologically, it provides a genaral perspective on the evidences can cerning the binding nature of religious matters and examines the methodologies to be follwed in extracting rulings from these evidences. Asa primary source, the science of usûl al-figh. This study examines al-Râzî’s understanding of usûl al-figh and his method of inference specifically within the context of his tefsîr. While his Works in usûl reflect the early stages of his scholarly life, his tafsîr studies span a much broader period. This scholarly chronology allows for a clear absurvation of his methodological approach within his tafsîr and reveals the tradition he follows. However, a comprehensive examination of his tafsîr shows that his methodology in usûl is not explicitly defined. This has led toa close reading of his Works in both tafsîr and usûl, aiming to determine his medhodological stace from the entirety of his texts. As a result of these reading, a three-part methodological approach was idedified, covering the comprehensive understanding of an issue, the evaluation of presented views and evidences, and the prof of the matter in gvestion. The main headings of thes identified approach alingn with their usage in the tafsîr, while most of the subheadings are original titles producede in tihis study. These subheadigs were derived by reiewing the tafsîr as a whole and were classified aecording to their semantic correspondences.