Cause reasoning between speculation and skillfulness: A jurisprudent principles textual study

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate the importance of weighing and reasoning the cause in the interpretation of texts, in the best interest of interpreting Islamic Fiqh regulatory texts, making use of the principles and rules of jurisprudence in people’s daily real life events and transactions. The study is divided into an introduction and two chapters. The introduction included an overview of reasoning and weighing. The first chapter dealt with the theoretical dimension of the cause. The second chapter focused on skilled aspect of determining cause. The study revealed that reasoning comes in several forms, varying from one scholar to another based on varied perspectives and divisions. It was also shown that obtaining the faculty of reasoning and understanding the cause depends on familiarity with scholars’ opinions and their jurisprudential documentation and referencing and how they apply to contemporary life situations. Jurists of law reasoning is not analogous to that of jurisprudence principles scholars in every domain. and principles in every aspect. The two groups agree on some issues but differ on other questions.