The jurisprudential discourse and political biases

Despite the brevity of the text, the author was able to analyze the phenomenon of the impact of political bias in jurisprudence throughout Islamic history and its present. Starting with defining the conceptual framework by explaining the concept of bias, then followed by formulating the problematic of the topic. In the first chapter, the author recalls the stance of the Quran and the noble Sunnah towards the phenomenon of bias, then in the second chapter, focuses on studying the transformations of jurisprudential discourse, and the relationships of influence and impact that occurred between jurisprudence as a discourse issued by the religious scholarly community and the prevailing political system. The analysis includes the changes that took place in jurisprudential discourse throughout history, and the shift of the jurist of Shariah to what he called "the jurist of the Sultan," and the impact of this shift on formulating a set of jurisprudential determinants, which led to important results. The author concludes with a final chapter dedicated to proposing a set of solutions, ranging from doctrinal and intellectual to foundational and purposive.