Comparing shariah with law: methodological complexity in the modern context

Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah and Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Laluddin, Hayatullah (2020) Comparing shariah with law: methodological complexity in the modern context. Shariah Law Reports, 1. pp. 1-27. (In Press)

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Abstract

Comparing Shariah with law is a common practice both in the Shariah and law schools. There are various levels of comparison from a simple curiosity to find the differences and similarities between Shariah and a positive legal system, whether Common Law or Civil Law, to a more advanced level of comparing legal postulates and concepts in the two systems in order to harmonise and reconcile the two. Depending on the purposes, methodology also differs: mere comparison between a statutory law and fiqh, conducting a thorough analysis of the two systems in terms of origins, sources and practical applications, and conceptual analysis beyond language similarities. In consequence, in terms of end-goal, there has been divergent approaches to the harmonization of Law with Shariah containing even skewed views. To remedy this, this article argues for methodological comparison between the two so as to overcome the problem of paradoxical approaches in comparative studies on topical issues like human rights.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3049/81079
Uncontrolled Keywords:	comparative law, lessons, methodology, shariah
Subjects:	K Law > KBP Islamic Law K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2020 08:56
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2020 08:56
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/81079

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