The shariah and law : An analysis

• Main Authors: Muhammed, Muneer Kuttiyani, Ali, Mohd Mumtaz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Global Academic Excellence 2017
• Subjects: BL Religion
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59977/1/THE%20SHARIAH%20AND%20LAW-AN%20ANALYSIS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59977/; http://www.ijlgc.com/PDF/IJLGC-2017-05-09-06.pdf

Although the scholarly discussions on Shariah has significantly been increased recently, many of these deliberations leave a distorted image of the Shariah. This paper attempts to explore scope and role of the Shariah by analyzing its etymology and historical conceptions in the light of the Qur’anic statements [5:48, 45:18 and 5:48]. It will also investigate the various intellectual reflections of scholars and exegesis. Contrary to the general perception of the Shariah merely as ‘Islamic law, this paper makes a comparative analysis between the Shariah and law by highlighting the distinctive features of the Shariah. As a part of this analysis, some major higher universal principles of the Shariah which seem more significant to the multi-religious society will also be discussed in this paper. An approach of combining the conceptual and comparative analysis along with philosophical reflections and inter-textual reading of the various scholars have been employed in this research. The study presents the Shariah as a significant alternative dynamic system of life which seem more relevant in the multi-religious and multi-cultural societies.