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[quote]Thanks Brother Waseem for asking a very relevant question. As I understand the issue, the fact probably is that, regardless of whether 'The Shariah' is absolute or not, the 'understanding of the Shariah' has been evloving with time. Not only that the 'understanding of the Shariah' has been different for scholars of the same time. See for example the difference of opinion on certain matters among the four Imams as well, although one can claim that the disagreement was on minor matters.

As time changes, different social issues arise which inturn lead to different intellectual tendencies, changing the angle of looking at Quran and Sunnah and their directives. For example, one can trace the academic development of Quranic Tafseer as well. There was a time that Quran, due to its complexities was only a subject of study of trained scholars, and then came a time when people like Maulana Moududi brought it in public by making individual's Nijaat as the theme of Quran in his Tafseer.

So regardless of the absoluteness of Actual Shariah, the fact is that its understanding has been undergoing development, evolution, change in focus etc.So I think, given that historical trend,  more appropriate questions also are:

If infact Allah has given us an absolute Shariah, has He also intended to make the understanding of Shariah constant with resepect to time and place? If yes then why hasnt that been the case?

If no, then whats the point of giving us an Absolute Shariah, as we are bound to approach it through our understanding of it?

Regards,
Salman[/quote]

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