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6.8 Customs and traditions cannot be an „Illah


The valid „Illah is the Shar‟ai „Illah that is mentioned in the text from Qur'an and Sunnah, for only these two are the Shar‟ai texts. Therefore, the „Illah upon which the reasoned Hukm Shar‟ai is built is a Shar‟ai „Illah and not a rational „Illah. In other words, „Illah must be mentioned in the text either explicitly or implicitly or by deduction or through Qiyas. This „Illah is connected with the reasoned Hukm in presence and absence. Thus the rules revolve with their „Illal. So we find a thing is prohibited in a situation due to the existence of a Shar‟ai „Illah, and if this „Illah disappears that very thing becomes permissible. So the Hukm Shar‟ai revolves with the „Illah in existence and in absence, thus when it exists the Hukm exists, and if the „Illah does not exist the rule doesn't exist either.

However, the absence of the rule due to the absence of the „Illah does not at all mean that the Hukm Shar'ia has changed, rather the Hukm Shar‟ai of the question remains as it is, without change. It is only the rule no longer applied due to the absence of the „Illah, and will be applied once the „Illah returned.

The relationship of the rule with the „Illah in existence and in absence does not mean that the rules change due to the change of the time and place. Thus claiming that bringing about the benefit and preventing corruption is the „Illah of the Hukm Shar‟ai, which changes as the time and place change, so the Hukm Shar‟ai changes accordingly is false. This is because bringing about benefit and preventing harm are not at all the „Illah of the Akham, since no text came to denote that bringing about benefit and preventing corruption are „Illah for all the Akham, nor to denote that they are a „Illah for a specific rule. Thus, it cannot be taken as a Shar‟ai „Illah.

Moreover, the Shar‟ai „Illah is that which is taken from a Shar‟ai text and therefore should be restricted to it and its meaning. The Shar‟ai text has neither indicated that bringing about a benefit nor warding off corruption as being the „Illah. That which is brought in the text is not indicated by the time or the place nor indicated by the action itself. It is rather indicated by the text in manifesting the „Illah of the rule. This text never changes, so no consideration is given to the time and place in this context, nor is there a value to bringing about benefit and preventing corruption. Accordingly, Ahkam Shara'iah do not change with the change of time and place, they remain as such regardless of the change of times and places.

As for the change of traditions and customs of people, this does not have an effect in changing the rule, for the tradition is not an „Illah of the Hukm Shar‟ai nor a source for it. The traditions may agree or disagree with the Shar‟a; If they disagree with the Shar‟a then the Shar‟a has come to abrogate and change them, since the function of the Shar‟a is to change the corrupted traditions and customs, because they are the factors that cause corruption of the society. Therefore, they are not taken as a source for the Hukm Shar‟ai nor an „Illah for it. However, if the traditions were in agreement with Shar‟a, then the rule is proved by its Shar‟ai evidence and by its Shar‟ai „Illah and not by these traditions, even if these traditions do not contradict the Shar‟a. Therefore, the customs cannot rule over the Shar‟a, rather the Shar‟a rules over the traditions and customs. Accordingly, the Ahkam Shar'iah have their own evidence which is the text and they have Shar‟ai „Illah and the traditions and customs are not a part of that at all.

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Chapters (80)
  1. 1Introduction to this edition
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 31. Basic Terms In Islamic Jurisprudence
  4. 41.1 Fiqh
  5. 51.2 Usul Al-fiqh
  6. 61.3 Shari‟ah
  7. 71.4 Hukm Shara‟i
  8. 81.5 Types Of Hukm Shara‟i
  9. 91.6 The Application Of Shar‟iah
  10. 102. Daleel
  11. 112.1 Structure of Daleel
  12. 123. Qur‟an
  13. 133.1 Revelation of the Qur‟an
  14. 143.2 Arrangement of the Qur‟an
  15. 153.3 Compilation of the Qur‟an
  16. 163.4 Open & Hidden meaning?
  17. 173.5 The Muhkamaat (clearcut) and Mutashaabihaat (ambiguous)
  18. 183.6 Asbaab An-nuzool (circumstances Of Revelation)
  19. 193.7 Abrogation (Naskh)
  20. 204. Sunnah
  21. 214.1 The Sunnah Is A Definitive Source
  22. 224.2 Types of Sunnah
  23. 234.3 Basic Terms in Hadith
  24. 244.4 Reconciling a perceived conflict between two or more Ahadith
  25. 254.5 The Application of the Sunnah
  26. 265. Ijma‟ as-Sahabah
  27. 275.1 The meaning of Ijma‟
  28. 285.2 Examples of Ijma‟ as-Sahabah
  29. 295.3 Daleel indicating the Authority of Ijma‟ as-Sahabah
  30. 305.4 Who is a Sahabi?
  31. 316. Qiyas
  32. 326.1 The meaning of Qiyas
  33. 336.2 Daleel indicating the Authority of Qiyas
  34. 346.3 The Process of Qiyas
  35. 356.4 The Arguments of those who reject Qiyas
  36. 366.5 „Illah from the Text or the Mind?
  37. 376.6 The areas of Ahkam Shari‟ah which do not contain „Illah
  38. 386.7 Types of Ahkam Shariah where an „Illah can be found
  39. 396.8 Customs and traditions cannot be an „Illah
  40. 406.9 Difference between Manaat al-Hukm (reality of the rule) and „Illah
  41. 417. Sources of Hukm Shar‟i not agreed upon by all the Ulema
  42. 427.1 Ijma‟ al Ummah
  43. 437.2 Ijma‟ al Mujtahideen
  44. 447.3 Ijma‟ Ahlel Bayt
  45. 457.4 Ijma‟ Ahlel Medinah
  46. 467.5 Istihsan
  47. 477.6 Masalih Al Mursalah
  48. 487.7 Laws revealed before Islam (Shar‟a man qablana)
  49. 498. Ijtihad
  50. 508.1 Evidences for Ijtihad from the Sunnah
  51. 518.2 Evidences For Ijtihad From Ijma As-sahabah
  52. 528.3 Qualifications for performing Ijtihad
  53. 538.4 Types of Mujtahid
  54. 548.5 Reasons for differences of opinion among the Mujtahideen
  55. 559. A Brief Overview of Some Schools of Thought
  56. 569.1 Era of the Prophet (Saw)
  57. 579.2 Era of the Sahabah (ra)
  58. 589.3 Era of the Tabi‟een
  59. 599.4 Madhab of Imam Abu Hanifah
  60. 609.5 Madhab of Imam Malik
  61. 619.6 Madhab of Imam Shafi‟i
  62. 629.7 Madhab of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
  63. 639.8 Madhab of Ibn Hazm
  64. 649.9 Introduction to Madhab of Imam Zayd and Imam Jafar
  65. 6510. Do We Need a New School or Madhab?
  66. 6610.1 Reason for Differences of Opinion among the Mujtahideen
  67. 6711. Taqleed
  68. 6811.1 Daleel for performing Taqleed
  69. 6911.2 Muslims must ask for Daleel
  70. 7011.3 Taqleed is forbidden in the „Aqeedah (Belief)
  71. 7111.4 Muqalid shifting from one Opinion to Another
  72. 7212. Topics Related To Islamic Jurisprudence
  73. 7312.1 Wahy (Revelation)
  74. 7412.2 Role of „Aql
  75. 7512.3 Does the Shariah Apply on Non-Muslims?
  76. 7612.4 Was Prophet Muhammed (saw) A Mujtahid?
  77. 7712.5 Can Fiqh Be Changed?
  78. 7812.6 Need for a Minority Fiqh?
  79. 79Conclusion
  80. 80Bibliography