The Intended Meaning
Shahrur sees the duty of the contemporary human being as liberation from traditional jurisprudence, because this jurisprudence was appropriate to the conditions of its own time, not to the conditions of the present. It imposes on the current age historical legislative formulations that are no longer fit for application in the twenty-first century.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: Critical
- Argument movement: Calls for transcending traditional jurisprudence in time and criterion.
- Key terms: traditional jurisprudence, contemporary, present.
- Degree of centrality: Central.
This atom renders traditional jurisprudence inherently inapplicable to the present and asks the contemporary reader to break away from historical formulations that are no longer suitable.
Links That Help with Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur, Umm al-Kitab and Its Elaboration
- Critique of Heritage, Jurisprudence, and Exegesis
- traditional jurisprudence
- Restricted divine prohibition negates the Messenger’s independent legislative authority
Basis
- Supporting text: “Shahrur states that the duty of the contemporary person is liberation from traditional jurisprudence.”
Basis Location in the Book
- Book: Umm al-Kitab and Its Elaboration.
- Location: in the final section of the book
- Type of basis: Close testimony.
- Verification marker: It is logically impossible
- Reading note: The passage rejects applying traditional jurisprudence in the present age and deems it unsuitable, so it serves as support for the atom.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted word for word.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is argumentative; it supports a larger conclusion in the chapter or prepares for it.
Connected to
Editorial Note
The atom addresses the applicability of the inherited tradition to the contemporary context.