Juristic Deliberations on Quranic Approaches of ‘Convenience’ in Sharīʿah Injunctions: An Appraisal

Abstract

Islam is considered to be the religion of nature due to its originality and suitability to human nature for all times. Islamic law proposes inverse connectivity between flexibility and hardship. In Islamic law, flexibility is the organizing norm of legal intelligence in its manifestations. Generally, hardship restricts personal freedom to exercise the rules. In contrast, many benefits radiate from flexibility as facilitates the performance of obligations, bending without abandoning the concepts of time and place commitments. Convenience serves as an accommodation principle for persons with disabilities. By removing hardship, flexibility supports convenience and creativity. Whenever, there is any difficulty performing any religious obligation, Muslims jurists’ derived the principle element of comfort provided by the Qur’ān. In this regard, the focus of this paper is to throw light on the notion of ease and leniency. Whenever, there is any difficulty performing any religious obligation, Muslims jurists made deliberations to explain injunctions of Divine law by providing an element of convenience. In this regard, the focus of this paper is to highlight the juristic approaches to interpret the notion of ease and leniency in the Qur’ān regarding Islamic Sharīʿah Injunction for the betterment of human society.