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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| author | El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir |
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| description | 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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| spelling | iium-227902012-03-22T08:13:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/ Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir BP1 Islam 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. ..... 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/1/326.pdf El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir (2010) Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | BP1 Islam El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title | Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title_full | Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title_fullStr | Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title_short | Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity |
| title_sort | between the purposefulness of the shari‘ah and normativity |
| topic | BP1 Islam |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22790/1/326.pdf |