Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Muamalat transactions
Istishan continuation of situation
Criminal law there is no analogy
Naruriyat protected values in Islamic law:
1. Life (hayat)
2. Religion (din)
3. Progeny (nasl) offspring, children
4. Property (mal)
5. Dignity (aid)
Property should be acquired in legal way.
Men have special position between creations.
Dignity
Prohibition of intoxicants
Protected values influence way of behavior.
IJTIHAD
TAQLID
FATWA
Ijtihad independent interpretation of main sources, deviation of rules from them
Individual or collective ijtihad
Ebu Hanife individual ijtihad
Collective ijtihad ijma
Academy for fikh
Muhamed Iqbal Principle of Dinamics in Structure of Islam IJTIHAD
4th century ijtihad because of political reasons Mongol invasion endangers Islamic rule
From 13th century no new ijtihad schools
Taqlid blind following people of later centuries do not individually approach texts but follow what was reached
before.
Legal scholars lawyers follow old schools
After Muslim Spain decline of madrasah
Real sciences were expelled from curriculum of madrasah.
From 17th century slow decadence of madrasahs.
From 19th century movement for restoration of ijtihad.
Fatwa response (exists also in Roman and Jewish law) interpretation of Islamic law written document that
provides answer to the question.
Fatwa in taqlid just information about law.
In Ottoman period there was a good practice. Elements of fatwa were:
1. Question summarized in short way without mentioning name,
2. Clear answer in form of YES/NO
3. Reference.
Only official muftis, ulama were given right to give fatwa.
Ottoman fatwa hypothetical answers muftis did nor research what did really happen.
John Maqdisi Influence of Islamic Law to Canon Law
Maliki law entered English law
Influence of madrasahs to European education
SOURCE
ISLAMIC LAW
Revelation
COMMON LAW
Decisions of courts
AREAS
IMPLEMENTATION
Whole life
Muslims
General rules
Particular norms / rules Hukm
Reality
All human beings are judged according to intentions
Legal maxims formulated by Islamic scholars formulated in order to explain spirit of Shariah.
Maxims:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Risala
Khulafa-u-rashidin
Early schools of law monarchy, kingdom
Classical schools of law
Finalization of legal development
Taqlid
Reform and revival.
Political rulers and scholars were together till the third period (30 years).
By the third period (early schools of law) political rulers Umayid and scholars split and that split lasts up to our times.
There were circles of scholars and their students in Hijaz, Iraq, Sham etc. Madhabs emerged hanafi, maliki, shafi,
hanbeli from 2nd to 4th century.
Hanefi school originated in Iraq, Maliki in Hijaz. Shafi was established to bring together these two schools. Hanbeli
reaction to rationalism; it is traditional.
Taqlid begins with conquest of Baghdad in the middle of 13th century Mongol invasion very brutal. At the same
time Hilafet was attacked from the west Crusades that began by 11th century.
Ijtihad influenced by political events the doors of ijtihad were closed because hilafet was attacked from two sides.
From 19th century movement for revival we are still in this period.
Some say with tanzimat
Some say with emergence of reform schools in India, Egypt, Syria, Zarist Russia, South-Eastern Asia and Bosnia.
Teddid revival
Isla to change for better
Assasinidi Shias assassinated in public
Started in Iran, Syria against Sunni Seljuks.
Ruling power vs. emerging power