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We have examined whether or not al-Ghazzâlî was a man of investigation (tahqiq) according to methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence and how he evaluated the former scholars’ views based on his references to al-Bâqillânî, a scholar who lived about a century before him. At the beginning of our article, we have presented information about these two scholars’ positions within methodology of Islamic Jurisprudence. Then, we have dealt with how al-Bâqillânî’s views were transmitted to al-Ghazzâlî. Finally, we have evaluated al-Ghazzâlî’s references to al-Bâqillânî under three separate sub-sections as “al-Bâqillânî’s views agreed by al-Ghazzâlî, his views disagreed by al-Ghazzâlî, and his views that are fundamentally agreed by al-Ghazzâlî but have some differences in details.”

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