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Books-in-Brief: Al-Shura

The Qur’anic Principle of Consultation

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

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Books-in-Brief: Al-Shura

The Qur’anic Principle of Consultation

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

Muslims remain largely unaware of the importance and value of the Qur’anic principle of al-Shura (mutual consultation) and the significant role it can play in the advancement and reform of Muslim society. In this work, the author attempts to introduce and examine key meanings and practices of al-Shura, trace its historical evolution, and explore ways in which the principle can be introduced, institutionalized and applied in Muslim societies. There is no doubt that al-Shura has been sidelined throughout the Muslim world and the reasons for this are both historically and politically complex. According to the author, although much has been written on the subject, in reality it has been at best ineffectively applied and at worst heedlessly ignored. Even today it is a hotly contested issue. As al-Shura is increasingly associated with democratic participation in a decision-making process, debate has ignited with critics challenging the notion of equating the principle with western notions of democracy, with others claiming that the principle allows for a meaning that breaks the grip of centralized power. These and other issues are investigated with careful scholarship. Al-Raysuni concludes that al-Shura should be adopted as a way of life for all Muslims to protect their interests and as a vital tool for reconstruction and reform. In doing so he addresses the subject from some intriguing new angles, giving insight into areas hitherto little, if at all, examined.

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1565645847

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Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

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Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

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With the end of the early Islamic period, Muslim scholars came to sense that a rift had begun to emerge between the teachings and principles of Islam and Muslims’ daily reality and practices. The most important means by which scholars sought to restore the intimate contact between Muslims and the Qur’an was to study the objectives of Islam, the causes behind Islamic legal rulings and the intentions and goals underlying the Shari'ah, or Islamic Law. They made it clear that every legal ruling in Islam has a function which it performs, an aim which it realizes, a cause, be it explicit or implicit, and an intention which it seeks to fulfill, and all of this in order to realize benefit to human beings or to ward off harm or corruption. They showed how these intentions, and higher objectives might at times be contained explicitly in the texts of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, while at other times, scholars might bring them to light by means of independent reasoning based on their understanding of the Qur’an and the Sunnah within a framework of time and space. This book represents a pioneering contribution presenting a comprehensive theory of the objectives of Islamic law in its various aspects, as well as a painstaking study of objectives-based thought as pioneered by the father of objectives-based jurisprudence, Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi; in addition, the author presents us with an important study of al-Shatibi himself which offers a wealth of new, beneficial information about the life, thought and method of this venerable man.

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1565644123

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Al-Shura

The Qur’anic Principle of Consultation

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

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Bosnian: Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law‎

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

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Bosnian: Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law‎

By: Ahmad Al-Raysuni

With the end of the early Islamic period, Muslim scholars came to sense that a rift had begun to ‎emerge between the teachings and principles of Islam and Muslims’ daily reality and practices. The ‎most important means by which scholars sought to restore the intimate contact between Muslims ‎and the Qur’an was to study the objectives of Islam, the causes behind Islamic legal rulings and the ‎intentions and goals underlying the Shari'ah, or Islamic Law. They made it clear that every legal ‎ruling in Islam has a function which it performs, an aim which it realizes, a cause, be it explicit or ‎implicit, and an intention which it seeks to fulfill, and all of this in order to realize benefit to human ‎beings or to ward off harm or corruption. They showed how these intentions, and higher objectives ‎might at times be contained explicitly in the texts of the Qur’an and the Sunnah, while at other ‎times, scholars might bring them to light by means of independent reasoning based on their ‎understanding of the Qur’an and the Sunnah within a framework of time and space.‎ This book represents a pioneering contribution presenting a comprehensive theory of the objectives ‎of Islamic law in its various aspects, as well as a painstaking study of objectives-based thought as ‎pioneered by the father of objectives-based jurisprudence, Imam Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi; in addition, ‎the author presents us with an important study of al-Shatibi himself which offers a wealth of new, ‎beneficial information about the life, thought and method of this venerable man.‎

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1642057517

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Russian: Теория имама аш-Шатыби о высших целях и намерениях исламского права (Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law )

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Russian: Теория имама аш-Шатыби о высших целях и намерениях исламского права (Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law )

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Books-in-Brief: Al-Shura

Books-in-Brief: Al-Shura

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

Al-Shura

Al-Shura

Bosnian: Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law‎

Bosnian: Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law‎

Russian: Теория имама аш-Шатыби о высших целях и намерениях исламского права (Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law )

Russian: Теория имама аш-Шатыби о высших целях и намерениях исламского права (Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law )

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