Imam Abu Hanifa’s Jurisprudence Approach and Modern Era Challenges

Abstract

Islam is the complete code of life and Allah Almighty has sent the Last Messenger PBUH to complete his last message.

اَ لۡيَوۡمَ اَكۡمَلۡتُ لَـكُمۡ دِيۡنَكُمۡ وَاَ تۡمَمۡتُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ نِعۡمَتِىۡ وَرَضِيۡتُ لَـكُمُ الۡاِسۡلَامَ دِيۡنًا

“Today I have perfected your faith for you, completed My favour upon you, and chosen Islam as your way.”

So, no Massager shall come from Allah Almighty till doomsday, but human beings are coming and their life is facing new and different problems on daily basis. To solve their new sort of problems it is need of the time to ponder over problems and find their solutions. In this regard Jurisprudence started in Islamic Religion. The need of jurisprudence is demanded from the 1^st century of Islam. When the light of Islam spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula. New sort of religious problems faced by the Muslims and they were solved by the Muslim scholars also.

The Prophet of Allah Almighty also encourage the Companions (may Allah Almighty bless them) to do jurisprudence, i.e. in the battle of Ghazva Banu Quraza the Prophet of Allah Almighty demonstrated to Muslims to offer the Asir Prayer in Banu Quraza. In the way to Quraza the time to Asir Prayer fall on, some of Muslims offer the Asir Prayer and some of them left it under the order of Prophet PBUH. When the Prophet PBUH came to know about the act of Muslims neither the Prophet PBUH denied nor approve it. The Prophet PBUH kept quiet in this regard. The same way the Righteous Caliph Abu Bakar also compiled up Quran in one book form after a long meditation, but he said repeatedly that how could I compile the Quran, if the Prophet PBUH did not compile it in one book form. But finally, the Abu Bakar Sadiq compiled it in one book form.

By now the number of Ummah has spread a all over the world, interaction with non-muslims is common. New sort of problems is common among the Muslim Ummah. Especially with the invention of social media the matter of jurisprudence has shifted to social media handlers. The most famous school of thought in Sunni Jurisprudence is Imam Abu Hanifa’s school of thought. About 70% of Muslim Ummah consisted of Hanafi’s School of thought. This school of thought is facing a lot of problems in this regard. Especially in medical issues or in economic issues. So, my article will help to highlight Imam Abu Hanifa’s Jurisprudence Approach on modern era problems.