The Significance of the Enunciation and the Concept According to the "Shafi'i" Doctrine and its Effect on Extracting Jurisprudential Rulings

Abstract

    The semantic study made by the jurisprudence scholars was distinguished with a deep consideration and unlimited accuracy in understanding the meaning and interpreting it in its correct aspects, despite the multiple ways of accessing it, thus they were an example for other linguists, as confirmed by many sources. This was achieved as a result of their keenness to understand the meanings of the Noble Qur’an, and to derive its hidden rulings. This article examines the types of semantics adopted by the Shafi'is (the kalām theologians/ mutakallimūn), and traces their presentation of the types of semantics in a clear and detailed manner. The research comes to a conclusion stating that this division resulted from their inductive reading of the texts of the Noble Qur’an and the pure Prophetic Sunnah, taking into account the style, rules and literature of the Arabic language, and what the Arabs were acquainted with in matters of revealing, elucidating and demonstrating.