Hatua ya kwanza katika maendeleo ya Fiqh inahusu kipindi cha utume wa Nabii Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillaah ﷺ (609-632 CE), ambapo chanzo pekee cha sheria ya Kiislamu kilikuwa ni wahyi wa Mwenyezi Mungu, kwa njia ya Qur’aan au Sunnah [maneno na vitendo vya Nabii ﷺ]. Qur’aan ilikuwa ndiyo mwongozo wa maisha yake ya kila siku ﷺ, na Sunnah ilitumika kama maelezo ya kina ya kanuni za jumla zilizoelezwa katika Qur’aan, pamoja na maonyesho ya vitendo ya namna ya kuzitumia.

The first stage in the development of Fiqh covers the era of the Prophet Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillaah’s apostleship (609-632 CE) during which the only source of Islamic law was divine revelation in the form of either the Qur’aan or the Sunnah [the saying and actions of the Prophet (SW.)]. The Qur’aan represented the blueprint in his day-to-day life (i.e. the Sunnah) acted as a detailed explanation of the general principles outlined in the Qur’aan as well as a practical demonstration of their application.