In today’s contemporary society religion and law are viewed as two distinct categories, which seem to never interconnect or even cross lines with one another. Religion is often regarded as a personal entity that has no effect on the community as a whole. This westernized view of religion is true to a certain extent— religion is a personal choice, but it is also a method of control. Religion, in this case, Islam, is crafted in such a way that satisfies the wellbeing of the individual, and along with the social and political structure of the society. Authority becomes rather firm and just when laws are derived from religion. Therefore, law and religion, are in fact one unified form of government. After the death of Muhammed and the four rightly
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He uses the Sunnah in coherence with the qur’anic text, to help refine and actualize conclusions being drawn about a specific topic. This seen clearly through this example:
As for the thief, male and female, cut off their hands as a retribution for that with which they have charged themselves—a chastisement from God. (5:42)
The Apostle decreed that "Hands should neither be cut off for the stealing of fruits nor the spadix of a palm tree and that the hand of the thief should not be cut off unless the price of the thing stolen is a quarter of a dinar or …show more content…
At this time, the Islamic community was expanding and there were many interactions between the Muslim community and the non-Muslims. This essentially paved the way for westernized views to take over whether it 's Greek philosophy or Roman law. Certain Muslim scholars become overly influenced by these philosophies that they started to apply to Islamic theories; they are often referred to the Mu 'tazilites. Vernon O. Egger writes, “Mu’tazilism is the result of a desire to use Greek concepts and methods of argument in the defense of Islam. Characteristically, they relied upon analogy rather than the syllogism of the philosophers, and they were exclusively interested in applying and defending religious topics.” This is exactly what Shafi’i tried to avoid by developing his strategic method of formulating Islamic theories. Mu 'tazilites use Greek philosophy as a lens to interrupt the Quran and the Sunnah, and from there they articulate law, and claim it Islamic inspired. This is problematic since the Quran and the Sunnah have their own philosophy and wisdom. Mu 'tazilism is literally taking two different, unrelated theories, and trying to find a logical explanation on how they might connect-- it does not work. Islamic law should be derived from within the divine
He uses the Sunnah in coherence with the qur’anic text, to help refine and actualize conclusions being drawn about a specific topic. This seen clearly through this example:
As for the thief, male and female, cut off their hands as a retribution for that with which they have charged themselves—a chastisement from God. (5:42)
The Apostle decreed that "Hands should neither be cut off for the stealing of fruits nor the spadix of a palm tree and that the hand of the thief should not be cut off unless the price of the thing stolen is a quarter of a dinar or …show more content…
At this time, the Islamic community was expanding and there were many interactions between the Muslim community and the non-Muslims. This essentially paved the way for westernized views to take over whether it 's Greek philosophy or Roman law. Certain Muslim scholars become overly influenced by these philosophies that they started to apply to Islamic theories; they are often referred to the Mu 'tazilites. Vernon O. Egger writes, “Mu’tazilism is the result of a desire to use Greek concepts and methods of argument in the defense of Islam. Characteristically, they relied upon analogy rather than the syllogism of the philosophers, and they were exclusively interested in applying and defending religious topics.” This is exactly what Shafi’i tried to avoid by developing his strategic method of formulating Islamic theories. Mu 'tazilites use Greek philosophy as a lens to interrupt the Quran and the Sunnah, and from there they articulate law, and claim it Islamic inspired. This is problematic since the Quran and the Sunnah have their own philosophy and wisdom. Mu 'tazilism is literally taking two different, unrelated theories, and trying to find a logical explanation on how they might connect-- it does not work. Islamic law should be derived from within the divine