The Importance of Considering Custom (URF/ADAT) In Issuing Fatwa (IFTĀ’) In Ibn Abidin’s Sharh Uqud Rasm al-Mufti (Kepentingan Menimbang Adat (URF/ADAT) Dalam Ibn Abidin’s Sharh Uqud Rasm al-Mufti Sharh Uqud Rasm al-Mufti)

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Mohammed Farid Ali Al-Fijawi

Abstract It is necessary for a MuftÊ to know the custom (Ñurf/ÑÉdat) of his people and place. Non awareness of custom will result in mufti’s fatwa not being at par with the problems and demands of the developing societies. This paper emphasizes the important role custom plays in sharÊÑah, essentiality of its knowledge for the jurists/muftis, and its significance in issuing fatwa (al-iftÉ’), while referring to the translation of Ibn ÑÓbidin’s SharÍ ÑUqËd Rasm al-MuftÊ (Commentary on MuftÊ’s Manual). The paper finds that there is no way out for a mufti to issue a fatwa, while ignoring the custom of his time. Fatwa is a tool for the evolution of sharÊÑah in dealing with the evolving worldly affairs, and guarantees the most suitable solution in changing circumstances, provided that the custom of the people are taken into consideration. Keywords: Custom (‘urf), Habit (‘adat), Fatwa, MuftÊ, IftÉ, Specification   (takhiÎÊÎ), Legal Text (al-naÎÎ). Abstrak Ia adalah satu keperluan untuk Mufti mengenalpasti adat (Ñurf/ÑÉdat) orang dan tempatnya. Ketidaksedaran adat akan menyebabkan fatwa yang dikeluarkan mufti tidak setaraf dengan masalah dan keinginan negara yang membangun. Kajian ini menekankan kepentingan peranan adat dalam sharÊÑah, keperluan ilmunya bagi mufti untuk mengeluarkan fatwa (al-iftÉ’) sambil merujuk kepada terjemahan Ibn ÑÓbidin’s SharÍ ÑUqËd Rasm al-Mufti. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa tidak ada cara lain bagi seorang mufti untuk mengeluarkan fatwa tanpa memahami adat pada masanya. Fatwa adalah satu alat untuk syariah dalam menangani urusan duniawi yang berkembang, dan menjamin penyelesaian yang paling sesuai dalam mengubah keadaan, dengan syarat adat rakyat dipertimbangkan. Kata Kunci: Adat (‘urf), Adat (‘adat), Fatwa, Mufti, Ifta’, Spesifikasi        (takhiÎÊÎ), Teks Perundangan (al-naÎÎ).

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Jacob L. Mey

AbstractThe present paper discusses the evolution of legal discourse as it is happening in a number of well-publicized American cases. Discussions of the First and Second Amendments to the US Constitution in relation to freedom of the press and the freedom to carry and use arms are followed by a general discussion of what it means to have a legal text considered as binding across the centuries. It is shown that legal discourse is pragmatically oriented, that is to say, its application and evolution are subject to the general evolution of society and its members, the people interacting with, and interpreting that discourse; this evolution is thus a typical pragmatically relevant process. Over the course of the centuries and years, accumulative gradual developments have often ended up totally altering the interpretation of certain laws and statutes – sometimes to the advantage, sometimes to the disadvantage of underprivileged segments of society, such as the Black population and people of different sexual orientations. The paper will discuss some characteristic historic and contemporary cases of this development.


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H. C. Korsholm Nielsen

C. Korsholm Nielsen: Negotiation and Documentation. Customary Law in Upper Egypt This article is concemed with customary law in a district in Upper Egypt. It is based on an interpretation of fifty documents (mahadar al-sulh) issued within the last 25 years in connection with the settling of disputes among the people of the area. The documents were collected during ethnographic field research carried out from 1994 until 1996. The article describes the documents, their content, and the traditional reconciliation councils (majålis al-sulh) which issue them, and argues, that although the introduction of documents - and thereby “writing” - into the reconciliation process could be expected to alter the tradition, it seems that the documents are so closely related to singular and unique cases that no ostensible change is taking place. The tradition is still transmitted orally and depends on the experience of individual men. The documents, rather, are introduced as mnemonic devices related to singular cases and do not constitute a body of legal text.


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