Intended Meaning
The author states that after the sealing of the messages, legislation no longer comes from new revelation, but shifts to human ijtihad grounded in reality and reason. Thus, the management of practical and juristic affairs becomes a human-made matter within history and circumstances, not through direct textual legislation.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: legislative
- Argument movement: the source of legislation is shifted after the sealing to human ijtihad.
- Key terms: legislation, human ijtihad, reality, reason, the Seal of the Messages.
- Degree of centrality: central.
A statement that the legislative field after the sealing is not governed by new revelation, but by human reason based on reality, making jurisprudence a historical and responsible activity.
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Basis
- Supporting text: “After the Seal of the Messages, legislation shifts to human ijtihad grounded in reality and reason.”
Location of the Basis in the Book
- Book: Drying Up the Springs of Terrorism.
- Location: in the final section of the book, within the division of human history into the stage of the messages and what comes after them.
- Type of basis: close evidence.
- Marker to help verification: and the message has been sealed
- Reading note: this location is suitable because it states the end of divine legislation with the Muhammadan message, then opens the way to the post-messages stage.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: structurally documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom relies on more than one piece of evidence, or on a clear composition of closely related expressions.
- Reason for classification: the text explicitly states the transfer of legislation to human ijtihad.
- Limits of reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary and is not treated as a verbatim quotation unless the evidence is transmitted textually.
Editorial Note
The atom distinguishes between the sealing of the message and the continuation of human legislative action.