Muslim Law
THE SHARÎ'A, OR ISLAMIC CODE OF CONDUCT Medieval Muslim society in word and deed aspired to discern and obey the will of God. In every thought, word, and action man was accountable to God on the Day of Judgment. Hence, Muslim social ideals were humanist ideals-the balanced and harmonious development of the human faculties or the creation of a man-conceived utopia on earth, for example. A New World for Muslims could only mean one in which they had discovered God's Will and were obeying it more fully than before. Society was thought of, moreover, as a situation that human beings were forced to accept, rather than a series of relationships that might be transformed into willing partnerships for mutual companionship and welfare. The Muslim's individual relationship to God, however, was not stressed at the expense of social order. Belief in God and His Prophet implied acceptance of the Sharî'a revealed through the Qur'an and the Sunna of Muhammad. This Sharî'a governed both doctrine and practice. It defined not merely right belief about God's Unity, His Power, and His Knowledge, but also those external acts of devotion-personal, e.g., prayer or pilgrimage, or social, e.g. almsgiving, avoidance of usury, maintenance of certain discrimin
When the community had attained a consensus, it was regarded as irrevocable; the formation and circulation of new doctrines and practices was in theory impossible, and, in practice, dangerous. The Sharî'a itself lessens the risk of apostasy and indifference through ignorance of the practical demands made by religion upon the individual. They are all equally commands of Allah. If change did occur nevertheless, it would be disguised wherever possible as a return to the purer Islam of seventh-century Arabia or, if not, it might be sanctified by consensus. Change was ipso facto for the worse, and, therefore, to be avoided. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . To later generations, the knowledge of the Sharî'a is authoritatively communicated through the systems of jurisprudence worked out by the orthodox schools of law. The chief prescriptions of the Sharî'a, founded on the four bases of the Qur'an, Hadith, analogy, and consensus as the "knowledge of the rights and duties whereby man may fitly conduct his life in this world and prepare himself for the future life," had been formulated by A. Muslims have usually been reluctant to extrude anyone from their society who subscribes at least to the simple basic testimony (shahadat) namely, "There is no God but God. However, opinion was rejected, as introducing a fallible human element in a divine decision.
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