The Fatigue of the Shari‘a

The Fatigue of the Shari'a places on a continuum two kinds of debates: debates in the Islamic tradition about the end of access to divine guidance and debates in modern scholarship in Islamic legal studies about the end of the Shari'a. The resulting continuum covers what access to divine guidance means and how it relates to Shari'a. The Fatigue of the Shari'aplaces on a continuum two kinds of debates: debates in the Islamic tradition about the end of access to divine guidanceand debates in modern scholarship in Islamic legal studies about the end of the Shari'a. The resulting continuum covers what access to divine guidance means and how it relates to Shari'a, whether the end of this access is possible, and what should be done in this case. The study is based on textual analysis of medieval legal and theological texts as well as analysis of recent arguments about the death of the Shari'a Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Truth and Fatigue....Pages 11-22 Open Questions....Pages 23-37 Ijtihad Theory....Pages 39-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Suppose We Forgot the Law....Pages 57-71 The End of Jurisprudence....Pages 73-83 Ijtihad for All....Pages 85-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 A New Picture....Pages 101-127 Absent Good Government....Pages 129-149 Front Matter....Pages 151-151 Neglected Knowledge....Pages 153-172 Constant Interpretation....Pages 173-179 Conclusion....Pages 181-185 Back Matter....Pages 187-208