Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity
The present study is an attempt at reconstructing the views of Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi and Ibn Khaldun into one coherent theoretical framework for the understanding of human socio-historical existence. Being contemporaries who lived in the eighth/fourteenth cen-tury under almost similar socio-politic...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/1/326.pdf |
| Summary: | The present study is an attempt at reconstructing the views of Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi and Ibn Khaldun
into one coherent theoretical framework for the understanding of human socio-historical existence. Being
contemporaries who lived in the eighth/fourteenth cen-tury under almost similar socio-political and
cultural conditions that prevailed in North Africa and Andalus, both scholars embarked on an ambitious
project of radical reform. A jurist by training and profession who was dissatisfied with the legal
hermeneutic methodology of Muslim jurists, al-Shatibi was concerned about developing a holistic
approach to the study and interpretation of Islam’s textual sources (the Qur’an and the Prophet’s Sunnah)
with a view to discovering the fundamental values and universal principles underlying the Shari‘ah
ethico-legal system governing human socio-historical existence as a multifaceted and dynamic reality. His
effort culminated in his widely acclaimed theory of the Shari‘ah objectives (maqasid al-Shari‘ah) that
consisted in developing a new and comprehensive legal hermeneutics whereby Islamic spiritual, moral
and legal teachings are seen to revolve around realizing and promoting five necessary universal
objectives. ..... |
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