Divine Purposiveness and its Implications in Legal Theory: The Interplay of Kalām and Uṣūl al-Fiqh

While jurisprudents agree that the Sharīʿa serves to benefit human beings because God is wise and merciful, they disagree as to the nature of the correlation between God’s rulings and these benefits. Does God legislate with the purpose of benefitting consumers of the law? In this essay I investigate...

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Main Author: Koujah, Rami (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 171-210
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