Abstract
Laws in a society are the instruments, which regulate human conduct in society. Formulating laws is that domain of human life where man can drift from the straight path due to his weaknesses such as forgetfulness, Jahul, Ajul, needs, desires and lust, too much inquisitiveness, negligence, ungratefulness and not having control over the result of his actions. Transgression of man takes place for securing needs, satisfying, desires and lusts. Human intellect is not capable to make laws for all people and for all times. How these human limitations can be addressed in the formulation and implementation of laws is the focus of scholarship of Muslim scholars including Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-97). Islahi opined that these laws should be based on the divine revelation, called sharia and not man-made laws. What are these divine laws in the episteme of Islahi is the focus of this paper. Islahi’s contentions are primarily based on his interpretation of the Quranic text giving little attention to the conformist approach to the Quran and which sometime seems to be deviating.
Keyword(s)
human conduct, FORMULATING, Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi, Shariah