مشائخ احناف کا تصور تعلیل اور نظریہ مقاصد شریعت: نیازی صاحب کےموقف کا جائزہ

The Concept of Cause (‘Illah) according to the Ḥanafī Elders and the Theory of Maqāṣid al Shariah: An Asessment of Mr Nyazee's Views

  • Muhammad Zahid Siddique Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities (S3H), NUST Islamabad
  • Musharraf Baig Ashraf Ustād Kuliyah Ulūm-e-Islāmiyah, Sowan Garden, Islamabad
Keywords: al Shafi, Qiyas, Maqasid al Shariah, Ahnaf, Ghazali

Abstract

Al-Shāf‘ī’s theory of qiyās is declared to be comparable with that of Dawūd al Ẓahirī by Mr. Imran Nyazee. To reach to this result, he has benchmarked al-Shāf‘ī against al Ghazālī’s theory of suitability (munāsabah), moreover he has created an impression that al Ghazālī’s theory of suitability was derived from the ideas of al-Dabūsī, a Hanafī jurist. This article explains the theory of qiyās expounded by the elders (mashaikh) of the Ḥanafī School to compare it with al-Ghazālī’s theory of suitability. We maintain that the Ḥanafī theory of qiyās was inherently a limited theory that sought to, in fact, reject suitability as the criterion for rendering qiyās. Hence, when benchmarked against al Ghazālī’s theory of suitability, the very Ḥanafī theory also comes under the same criticism of literalism that Mr. Nyazee launches against al-Shāf‘ī. Finally, declaring al-Dabūsī as the key founder of the theory of suitability is exaggerative.

Author Biography

Musharraf Baig Ashraf, Ustād Kuliyah Ulūm-e-Islāmiyah, Sowan Garden, Islamabad

PhD Scholar

Published
2024-03-31
How to Cite
Siddique, M. Z., & Muhammad, M. (2024). مشائخ احناف کا تصور تعلیل اور نظریہ مقاصد شریعت: نیازی صاحب کےموقف کا جائزہ: The Concept of Cause (‘Illah) according to the Ḥanafī Elders and the Theory of Maqāṣid al Shariah: An Asessment of Mr Nyazee’s Views. FIKR-O NAZAR فکر ونظر, 61(3), 77-119. https://doi.org/10.52541/fn.v62i3.2559
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