al-Isardi, Ismail
- Died
- 1350 AH
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Ismail al-Isardi (d. 1350 AH / 1931–1932 CE) was an Islamic jurist and scholar best known for his treatise Tahdhir Ahl al-Iman 'an al-Hukm bi-Ghayr Ma Anzal al-Rahman ("Warning the People of Faith Against Ruling by Other Than What the Most Merciful Revealed") .
Identity and Background
His name appears in biographical and bibliographical records as Ismail ibn Ibrahim al-Khatib al-Hasani al-Isardi, and he is also identified as an Egyptian jurist affiliated with al-Azhar (al-Azhari al-Misri) . Sources note that he lived around the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries AH .
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Isardi's prominent treatise, Tahdhir Ahl al-Iman 'an al-Hukm bi-Ghayr Ma Anzal al-Rahman, is a legal and theological polemic addressing the obligation of adjudicating by Islamic law and cautioning against adopting man-made legal codes . In it, he expounds upon Quranic verses regarding governance and adherence to divine revelation, arguing that the scripture comprehensively obligates judging by what God has revealed .
The work was printed as a lithograph in Bombay in 1326 AH as part of a compilation of treatises, and was subsequently included in Cairo in Majmu'at al-Rasa'il al-Muniriyya issued by Idarat al-Tiba'a al-Muniriyya .
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Tahdhir Ahl al-Ayman 'an al-Hukm bi-Ghayr Ma Anzal al-Rahman is a legal and theological treatise addressing the obligation of adjudicating by Islamic law (Sharia) and the prohibition of adopting man-made legal codes.