Abstract
This paper explores the theoretical interpretations of the pronounced meaning of the legislative text (al-manṭūq) in the Shafii school of law and the consequences of such an interpretation for the rules that the Shafiis came to through their legal reasoning (ijtihād). At the beginning of the work, the discipline of linguistics is explained in the context of the Methodology of Islamic Law (Uṣūlu-l-fiqh) as well as its significance for ijtihad, followed by the difference between the Ḥanafis and the Shafiis in the classification of textual allusions (ad-dalalāt) of legislative texts, and the linguistic and terminological definition of the concept of al-manṭūq in the Shafii school of law. Also, the classification of al-manṭūq in the Shafii school of law is presented. Providing examples, the author clarifies the significance of al-manṭūq in the Shafii school of law and the way in which the Shafiis used al-manṭūq in their argumentation in support of legal rules. Furthermore, the author presents the classification of al-manṭūq and the restriction of its meaning with respect to the mafhūm al-muwāfeqa and mafhūm al-muhālefe. Finally, the value of al-manṭūq and its legal status as well as the indications in Shariah are clarified.
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