Tawhid and Shari'ah: A Transdisciplinary Methodological Enquiry

This book explores the Tawhidi ontological foundation of Quranic law and worldview, comparing it to the contemporary subject of Shariah. It criticizes the traditional understanding of Shariah as Islamic law and presents a bold repudiation of the Islamic traditional understanding and the school of theocracy. The book argues that the only way for Tawhid and Shariah to converge as law is through developing the Tawhidi methodology, purpose, and objective in consonance with the ontology of Tawhid, which is termed as maqasid as-shari ah al-Tawhid.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 253 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book delves into the profound ontological foundation of the Quranic law and worldview, while also exploring the esoteric meaning of Quranic verses known as tawil. It presents a comprehensive comparative analysis between the Tawhidi methodology and the contemporary subject of Shariah. Masudul Alam Choudhury offers a critical examination of the traditional understanding of Shariah as merely Islamic law, in contrast to the holistic socio-scientific worldview of the unity of knowledge arising from Tawhid. In doing so, he boldly challenges the Islamic traditional understanding and the school of theocracy, aligning his critique fully with the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah. Choudhury's critique is particularly insightful in its rejection of the sectarian (madhab) conception of relational independence of facts, which contrasts with the universality and uniqueness of Tawhid as the analytically established law that explains the monotheistic organic unity of being and becoming in "everything." This extensive and rigorous methodological development of the Tawhidi worldview is articulated throughout the book. The ultimate goal of Tawhid and Shariah convergence as law lies in the development of the Tawhidi methodology, purpose, and objective, in harmony with the ontology of Tawhid. This convergence, referred to as maqasid as-shari ah al-Tawhid, signifies a fundamental alignment in the primal ontological sense of Tawhid.

Weight: 371g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030490898
Edition number: 1st ed. 2020