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 Q and A IPSA-Cape Town 2019 This is from the Q and A of the 3rd lecture (out of 10, “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course). The question is: Can we approach the Quran without a pre-conceived philosophy? The answer is no, and compares the maqasidi approach that is influenced by the contemporary systems philosophy, and Imam Abu Hamed Al-Ghazali’s reading of the Logic of Syllogism into the Quran itself. Abu Hamed then called the Organon a “necessary tool” and a condition to have any level of confidence in any...

Towards a Quranic Maqasid-based Methodology Third Class :Intro to Fiqh IPSA-Cape Town 2019   This is from the 3rd lecture (out of 10), which Dr.Jasser Auda teach as a “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course. He explained how cyclical reflection is not a hermeneutical cycle, since its objectives are defined by the Text itself and not from outside of it. Avoiding the “methodological errors” that the Quran warns from, and asking questions of system components and arguments for proof, resulted in a group of fundamentals/usul that will constitute tools for analysis, elements of study and objectives for action at all levels...