Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar Proceedings, The 1st International Conference on Science and Islamic Studies (ICOSIS-2023)

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Methodology of understanding contemporary Islamic law
Bayu Teja Sukmana, Misbahuddin Misbahuddin

Last modified: 2023-10-02

Abstract


The methodology of Islamic law discusses the basic concepts of Islamic law, the Al-Qur'an, al-Sunnah, Ijma', and ijtihad, and how Islamic law is studied and formulated. The most distinctive feature of Islamic law is its elasticity and dynamics. Islamic law (Ushul fiqh) is a methodology of extracting Islamic law that plays an essential role in presenting rational grounds for developing Islamic legal thought. As a methodological component for the exploration and development of Islamic law, it has been used by classical Islamic jurists through the bayani, ta'lili, and istishlahi approaches, so it is also dubbed as a traditional methodology that is considered established because in bayani method begins and is rooted in Nash Al- Qur'an and Al-Sunnah as the null argument. For this reason, this knowledge is a unique product of Muslims and has never been owned by any civilization.

Keywords


Methodology; Islamic law; contemporary

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