Al Shura The Qur anic Principle of Consultation 1st Edition by Ahmad Al-Raysuni ISBN 1565643623 978-1565643628

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ISBN 10: 1565643623 

ISBN 13: 978-1565643628

Author:  Ahmad Al-Raysuni

Muslims remain largely unaware of the importance and value of the Qur’anic principle of al-Shura (mutual consultation) and the significant role it can play in the advancement and reform of Muslim society. In this work, the author attempts to introduce and examine key meanings and practices of al-Shura, trace its historical evolution, and explore ways in which the principle can be introduced, institutionalized and applied in Muslim societies. There is no doubt that al-Shura has been sidelined throughout the Muslim world and the reasons for this are both historically and politically complex. According to the author, although much has been written on the subject, in reality it has been at best ineffectively applied and at worst heedlessly ignored. Even today it is a hotly contested issue. As al-Shura is increasingly associated with democratic participation in a decision-making process, debate has ignited with critics challenging the notion of equating the principle with western notions of democracy, with others claiming that the principle allows for a meaning that breaks the grip of centralized power. These and other issues are investigated with careful scholarship. Al-Raysuni concludes that al-Shura should be adopted as a way of life for all Muslims to protect their interests and as a vital tool for reconstruction and reform. In doing so he addresses the subject from some intriguing new angles, giving insight into areas hitherto little, if at all, examined.

Table of contents: 

Chapter I The Place of Consultation in Islamic Life[Section 1] the importance of consultation in islamic legal
texts and in daily life 
• In the Beginning there was Consultation 
• Consultation: From the Private Sphere to the Public
• The Islamic Legal Ruling on Consultation
• The Areas in which Consultation is Applicable [Section ii] the functions and aims of consultation 
• Consultation’s Purposes and Benefits 
Chapter II:  Basic Issues in Consultative Practice[Section 1] the question of who may be involved in
consultation 
• The Equality of Men and Women in the Consultative Process 
• Consultation Concerning Private Affairs [Section ii] members of consultative councils: conditions
for membership and the means by which members are
chosen 
• The Characteristics of Those Who Should be Involved
 in Consultation 
• Methods of Choosing Those Who Will be Engaged in
 Consultation: Appointment and Election [Section iii] the binding nature of consultation and
the issue of the majority 
contents
• The Outcomes of Consultation: Are They Binding, or Merely
 Instructive? 
• The Question of the Majority 
• The Prophet’s Distinctive Rank 
Chapter III:  An Overview of Islamic Consultation From its
Founding Era Onwards
Prefatory remarks [Section 1] the early islamic consultative experience
and the lessons it offers 
• The Early Muslim Experiment in Consultation: A Summation [Section 11] historical developments in
consultative practice 
• Organizational Progress and Consultative Decline in the
 Islamic State 
• The Judicial Exception 
chapter iv: 
Consultation Today: How Do We Promote It
and Build Upon It?[Section 1] toward a thorough rebuilding 
• Toward the Systematization and Institutionalization of
 Consultation [Section 11] consultation as a tool for reform
 and reconstruction 
• A Culture of Consultation
• Systematizing Consultative Practice 
• Borrowing and Suitability 

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