The Unifying Idea
This axis brings together the confinement of prohibition to God and the view of human legislation as a changing field. It also presents the Muhammadan message as a final closure that opens the door to ijtihad in organization and detail.
The Theses Included in the Axis
- Prohibition and human legislation are two separate fields
- The Muhammadan message is a final transition, and legislation within it is historical ijtihad
The Axis Supported by the Atoms
- Confining prohibition to God
- The variable is human legislation
- The Muhammadan message is a transitional stage
- The prophetic Sunna and situational ijtihad
Reading Method
Read the axis as a distinction between what comes from revelation and what human beings regulate. What is fixed here is divine prohibition, whereas the sphere of practical legislation is that of ijtihad and change.