Statement Attributed to Shahrur
The witness indicates that Shahrur distinguishes between “legislative limits,” “social commandments/values,” and “individual rituals.” The purpose of this atom is to establish the distinction among these three domains as presented by the witness.
Effect of the Distinction
The witness connects this separation to a critique of jurisprudence: conflating the three domains is presented as “a root of the jurisprudential crisis.” This is a statement attributed to Shahrur in the witness, not a detailed explanation of the dimensions or history of the crisis.
What Does the Record Not Establish?
The available evidence does not set out comprehensive practical criteria for defining each domain, nor does it provide applied examples identifying the respective places of limits, commandments, or rituals. Nor does it establish, in the wording of the witness itself, that the limits are fixed. Another witness supports the connection of The Book and the Qur’an with the rules of human conduct and the distinction between what is lawful and unlawful, but it is not sufficient on its own to establish the threefold division.
For broader context: Muhammad Shahrur, The Book and the Qur’an, and Critique of Heritage, Jurisprudence, and Exegesis.