Tafseer - A Source of Sharee'ah?

muhsinmuttaqi · 07-08-2005, 01:03 PM

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahee wa Barakatu

Is Tafseer considered to be a Islamic source of Sharee'ah from where I can deduce Islamic Law?

Jazzakallah Khair

Salam

**Muhammad Alshareef** · 07-08-2005, 11:54 PM

It depends on the nature of the Tafseer bite.
In general, yes, authentic tafseer is a 'source' of Sharia'ah, but depending on what is that tafseer, the level of bindingness will fluctuate.

For example, if the tafseer is an authentic hadith, then total source. For sure.

If the tafseer is opinion of scholars, then it's a 'source', but it's not necessarily the final verdict.

If it's just a scholar reflecting on the verses to the effect of 'what i think this verse is saying is such and such ...' then that has less binding effect unless supported by authentic proof.

and so on.

wAllahu 'alam.

07-08-2005, 01:03 PM	#1
muhsinmuttaqi Ummat Muhammad Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 523	Tafseer - A Source of Sharee'ah? Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahee wa Barakatu Is Tafseer considered to be a Islamic source of Sharee'ah from where I can deduce Islamic Law? Jazzakallah Khair Salam __________________ We spend so long coming up with awesome names only to have people say things like, "Are you going to attend PP?" This has been my life's mission to end all acronyms. We should post in our signatures: "Say NO to Acronyms, OK?"

07-08-2005, 11:54 PM	#2
Muhammad Alshareef Founder/Director of AlMaghrib Institute, EmanRush Audio & Khutbah.com Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,273	Re: Tafseer - A Source of Sharee'ah? It depends on the nature of the Tafseer bite. In general, yes, authentic tafseer is a 'source' of Sharia'ah, but depending on what is that tafseer, the level of bindingness will fluctuate. For example, if the tafseer is an authentic hadith, then total source. For sure. If the tafseer is opinion of scholars, then it's a 'source', but it's not necessarily the final verdict. If it's just a scholar reflecting on the verses to the effect of 'what i think this verse is saying is such and such ...' then that has less binding effect unless supported by authentic proof. and so on. wAllahu 'alam.

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