A Comparative Analysis of the Degree of Utilization of Reason in Jurisprudence before and after the Akhbaris (with emphasis on the views of Astrābādī and Baḥrānī)

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Researcher, Department of Philosophy of Jurisprudence, Research Center for Jurisprudence and Law, Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

Reason (Aql) has been recognized as one of the sources of inference of rulings by the Islamic jurists. Reason has been used both independently and as a tool for understanding in the service of other sources of jurisprudence (fiqh). With the emergence of the Akhbari school of thought, the prominent figures of this school, such as Astarabadi and Bahrani, emphasized the notion of the revealed and prescribed nature of legal rulings, the inability of reason to comprehend the interests and harms, and the lack of necessary connection between the perception of inherent goodness and badness and the obligation and prohibition (wujub and hurma). Thus, they called into question the use of reason for inference of rulings. In this article, through a case study of certain branches of Islamic jurisprudence, it was demonstrated that the approach to reason in jurisprudence was more prevalent in various chapters of jurisprudence (both in acts of worship and in transactions) before the Akhbaris. However, jurists after the Akhbaris have paid less attention to reasoning. Furthermore, jurists after the Akhbaris have also acknowledged the insufficiency of the ruling of reason in numerous cases, whereas such expressions are not observed in jurisprudence prior to the Akhbaris.

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Volume 31, Issue 0
July 2024
Pages 199-229

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  • Receive Date: 01 August 2023
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  • Accept Date: 12 May 2024

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