Mas?lik al-?illah in the convention of qiy?s: An investigation of its foundations and contemporary Application
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Date
2021
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University of Western Cape
Abstract
This study examines the foundations of the various methods of identifying legal
cause (mas?lik al-?illah). It studies its various theories, spanning the classical and
premodern period and investigates its application in contemporary times. The
investigation analyses the theories of mas?lik al-?illah while placing the legal cause
(?illah) contextually within the convention of analogical reasoning (qiy?s). The
findings of this investigation are then used to study practical applications of
identifying legal cause, in a selection of three case constructions of qiyas, under the
topic of suicide attacks.
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Magister Artium - MA
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Muslim society, Legal cause, Foreign languages, Islamic law