HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC LAW: A DYNAMIC AND EVOLVING LEGAL SYSTEM
Keywords:
Legal System, Islamic Law & jurisprudence, Dynamic, Evolving, Historical DevelopmentAbstract
This research paper discusses the evolutionary stages of Islamic law, how Islamic law has defined historical periods and in what form it exists before us today. The historical wheel of Islamic law has kept moving, rolling through the paths or different periods, without any stagnation.
During the Prophetic era, Islamic law depended on revelation. In the post-Prophetic era, the sources of law remained the same, but gradually the need for jurists became apparent.
This research describes the styles and character traits of jurisprudential eras and clarifies the character traits of the judicial system. In particular, this research is a clear demonstration to those who consider Islamic law static, how Islamic law is dynamic and not static.
Islamic law goes through various stages, so it is dynamic. Dynamism shows that Islamic law is stable and faces the challenges of all times. The evolutionary nature of Islamic law proves that it provides solutions to all kinds of difficult cases of any era and keeps the legal system sustainable.
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