BROADER HERMENEUTICAL MECHANISMS IN PROGRESSIVE MUSLIM THOUGHT ON WHICH THE CONCEPT OF MAQĀṣID IN THE QURʾĀN AND SUNNA IS BASED
Objections to a maqasidi approach to Islamic jurisprudence are often based on the idea that such an approach is not based on a systematic approach to the Qur'an and Sunna , that is dismissive of the textual indicants ( nass) and is based on 'whim' (hawa) . In the excerpt below , taken from this publication of mine , I demonstrate that these objections are not well founded when it comes to the approach to the maqasid discourse in progressive Muslim thought. The broader hermeneutical principles upon which the concept of maqāṣid is based in progressive Muslim thought consist of the following elements: I.) Comprehensive Contextualisation: By comprehensive contextualisation I mean investigating, in a methodical manner, the role of context in shaping of the very content of the Qurʾān and its worldview. For this to take place we need to recognize the Qurʾān’s orientation towards the assumed operational discourse of its revelational context that manif