Examples of the Application of Jurisprudence of Precaution in the Holy Quran

Abstract

The study aims to determine the extend of the impact of “principle of jurisprudence of precaution” on worship, transactions, and personal laws. The study is divided into three chapters.  In chapter one, terminology of the subject of the study is explained and defined in terms of linguistic and juristic. In chapter two, some exemplars of the principle of jurisprudence of precaution in Quran applied to worship section are explained. In chapter three, the principle of jurisprudence of precaution in Quran applied to transactions and personal laws is discussed.

The results of the study demonstrate that the principle of jurisprudence of precaution is a juristic basis and many religious evidences suggest considering and implementing it. This principle is found, almost, in all sections of Islamic jurisprudence. Hence, Islamic jurists and scholars considered the principle of jurisprudence of precaution when issuing fatwas. 

Finally, the study recommends that qualified jurists (muftis) must pay more attention to the principle of jurisprudence of precaution today more than before due to spread of strife and ignorance in Muslim societies