The definition of Usul in the view of scholar Al-Iraqi in comparison with other definitions

Scholar Al-Iraqi has special definition for Usul, we can extract his definition from his answer to the routine question about definitions, where he said: "the proposition of Usul, is the propositions which use for inferring rules of Sharia, in a manner that used for proving rule in itself or proving the qualification of the relation between rule and its subject matter." He omitted the word of Al-Elm in the beginning of his definition and transform Al-Estenbaat to Al-Estefada. According to his definition rules includes rules pertain to Divine law and rational ruling. Other scholars have criticizes his definition. This paper elaborates Al-Iraqi's definition and answers to some of the considerations about his definition, finally we accept some of considerations.