"Jurisprudence as a Social Science: Restoring the Place of the Sociology of Jurisprudence in the Geometry of Islamic Knowledge"

Abstract

1. Introduction and Purpose

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), as one of the most authentic religious disciplines, plays a significant role in regulating the individual and social life of Muslims. However, within conventional classifications of knowledge, it has largely been treated as a normative science, with its social dimensions receiving little attention. This study seeks to reframe fiqh as a "social science" — a discipline that, beyond deriving legal rulings, possesses the capacity to analyze and guide social structures and relationships.The primary aim is to articulate fiqh's sociological standing within the Islamic sciences and to revive its historical connections with social realities

2. Materials and Methods

This study employs documentary and content analysis, examining jurisprudential texts, works of Muslim thinkers, and theoretical frameworks related to "Islamic social science.The research follows a descriptive-analytical method, extracting and interpreting the social dimensions of fiqh from traditional sources.

3. Findings

The findings demonstrate that Islamic jurisprudence has, from its origins, engaged with social concerns, playing an effective role in regulating collective behavior, institution-building, and managing social relations. Fiqh's capacity to analyze and guide social dynamics supports defining it as a social science capable of engineering collective behavior on the basis of Islamic values.

4. Discussion and ConclusionRereading

fiqh as a social science requires a critical engagement with secular perspectives in sociology and a redefinition of "Islamic social science."Within this framework, "jurisprudential sociology" can serve as an interdisciplinary approach to restore fiqh's proper role in social analysis and reform, opening new horizons for Islamic social research