Abstract

This article investigates the problem of legal vagueness in Islamic legal hermeneutics. In particular, it examines al-Ris?la’s (attributed to al-Š?fi??) approach to use language as an argument for the clarity of legal discourse. It argues that ambiguity, although recognized as a legal hermeneutic problem, was not tolerated within Islamic legal discourse. It also makes the case that al-Ris?la’s stance develops early reverse pragmatics or pragmatics-for-apologetics in Islamic legal theory.

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