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Read the following passage and answer the question.
Quran is a primary source of Muslim law, in point of time as well as in importance. The Islamic religion and Islamic society owe their birth to the word of the Quran. It is a paramount source of Muslim law in point of importance because it contains the very word of god and it is the foundation upon which the very structure of Islam rests Quran regulates the individual; social, secular, and spiritual life of Muslims.
Internal revelation is the opinions of the prophet which is delivered from time to time on questions that happened to be raised before him. Sunna means the model behavior of the prophet. The narrations of what the prophet said, did, or tacitly allowed are called hadis or traditions. The traditions, however, were not reduced to writing during the lifetime of Mohammad. They have been preserved as traditions handed down from generation to generation by authorized persons. The importance of hadith as an important source of Muslim law has been laid down in the Quran itself.
The authority of ijma as a source of Muslim law is also founded on Quran and Hadith. The law is something living & changing. The aim of the law is to fulfill the needs of the society. The principle of ijma is based upon the text i.e. god will not allow His people to agree on an error and whatever Muslims hold to be good is good before god. Muslim religion does not admit the possibility of further revelation after the death of the prophet, the principle of ijma is the only authority for legislation in the present Muslim system.
Qiyas may be defined as a process of deduction by which the law of the text is applied to cases, which though not covered by the languages are governed by reason of text. Thus, it should be noted that Qiyas does not purport to create a new law, but merely to apply old established principles to new circumstances.
Question :
Choose the correct order of hierarchy of different sources of Muslim law.
Al-Quran – Ijma – Sunnah
Al-Quran – Qiyas – Sunnah
Al-Quran – Sunnah – Ijma- Qiyas
Al-Quran – Ijma- Qiyas – Sunnah
Answers (1)
The correct order of hierarchy and acceptance of sources of Muslim law is as follows- Al-Quran – Sunnah – Ijma- Qiyas. Al- Quran holds the highest value among all collectively followed by Sunnah then Ijma and Qiyas. Though there is a conflict between Ijma and Qiyas but most jurists believe that Ijma is preferred over Qiyas.
