What is Meant
This atom records that the specification of prohibitions in the Sharia is presented as a limit that prevents human prohibition. It does not establish, from the available evidence, either a list of prohibitions or a mechanism for applying this limit.
Evidence
“He affirms that the Sharia, in his view, came as final and comprehensive, and that specifying the prohibitions within it closes the door to human prohibition.”
Analysis
The Atlas understands the phrase “closing the door to human prohibition” to deny the legitimacy of adding human prohibitions to the specified prohibitions. This understanding does not extend to identifying the list of prohibitions or the mechanism for applying the limit.
Limit of the Reading
The available evidence does not explicitly state that matters other than the specified prohibitions are left to ijtihad, nor does it specify the distinction between prohibition and forbiddance or the parameters of ijtihad. This detail therefore remains contingent on other evidence.
Links That Help with Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Religion and Power
- Legislation, Limits, and Prohibition
- The Qur’anic prohibitions are fixed, while prohibition is left to human ijtihad
The Qur’anic prohibitions are fixed, while prohibition is left to human ijtihad