Passage cited: Islam and Faith, p. 83.
What Shahrur Says in the Passage
The passage contains an explicit restriction: “True prohibition belongs to God alone.” It is followed by a denial of the right of the jurist, council, or parliament “to impose a prohibition or permission of their own making.”
The available passage on usury likewise uses the expression, “and its prohibition is certainly for the recipients of alms (limits),” but it is an example in presenting prohibition and limits, not independent evidence for the principle that the authority to prohibit is restricted to God.
Atlas Explanation
This atom records a specific claim, not a complete theory: prohibition and permission, in the terms stated in the passage, are not attributed to a decision made independently by the jurist, council, or parliament. It is connected to a broader reading in Legislation in Shahrur distinguishes between the divine forbidden and human ijtihad and to the theme of Legislation, Limits, and Prohibition.
For a review of the significance of the two terms in the Atlas materials: prohibition and God.
Limited Inference
The statement indicates that the passage objects to attributing the authority to create prohibition or permission to those human bodies. This is an inference from the wording of the negation in the passage, not an elaboration of the entire system of human legislation.
Open Question and Limits of the Evidence
The previous title uses “definitive prohibition,” whereas the text of the passage says “true prohibition.” This material alone does not establish that the two descriptions are synonymous; it is therefore preferable to use the wording of the passage in the title and explanation.
Moreover, the central cited passage does not include a page number or raw context in the available data; its significance therefore cannot be extended to details of ijtihad or human laws without additional evidence.
For the general book context: Muhammad Shahrur Islam and Faith.
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