ABSTRACT
In the Islamic legal literature, al-ḥaml (interpretation) has received intensive consideration. The most important underlying reason for this is that the whole life of a Muslim is associated with the evaluations derived from the divine text, which acts as the core part of a constellation of associated texts. Muslims believe that evaluations, values, and principles derived from the Qur’ān and Sunnah are suitable to all humankind, and applicable to any society, and that texts of this nature must be readable and interpretable forever. Thus, interpretation in this sense is viewed as a kind of searching for the intentions of Allāh and His Prophet, with the attendant requirement that any attempt to interpret such texts, or to establish an approach to tackle this task must take the above parameters into account.
