Izzat Shehata Karrar
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Izzat Shehata Karrar is an Islamic scholar and researcher known for his study on Quranic sciences and jurisprudence titled al-Waqf al-Qurani wa Atharuhu fi al-Tarjih inda al-Hanafiyya (Quranic Pauses and Their Impact on Jurisprudential Preference According to the Hanafis).
Scholarly Focus
In his work on Quranic recitation and legal theory, Karrar examines the discipline of Quranic pause and resumption (al-waqf wa-l-ibtida), noting that early treatises on the discipline date back to Shayba ibn Nassah and relying on standard classical authorities such as Ibn al-Anbari, Abu Ja'far al-Nahhas, Abu 'Amr al-Dani, Zakariyya al-Ansari, and Ahmad al-Ashmuni.
His research focuses on the intersection between Quranic pauses and substantive law, investigating how the Hanafi school employs pause locations as an interpretive weight (tarjih) to derive and substantiate its juristic rulings against differing schools. Among the specific legal issues addressed through this methodology are marital intimacy after the cessation of menstruation, criminal retaliation (qisas), executing a Muslim for killing a non-Muslim subject (dhimmi), marriage prohibitions concerning in-laws and stepchildren, the obligation of 'Umrah, prohibitions and hunting penalties in ihram within the Sanctuary, the interpretive status of ambiguous verses, the invocation of God's name during ritual slaughter, and the legal testimony of those punished for slanderous accusation (qadhf).
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al-Waqf al-Qurani wa Atharuhu fi al-Tarjih inda al-Hanafiyya is a treatise examining how the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence employs Quranic pauses (al-waqf wa-l-ibtida) as an interpretive instrument to substantiate and favor its legal positions over those of other schools. The study explores the Hanafi stance on utilizing pause as an interpretive weight and demonstrates how disagreements over pause locations yield divergent rulings across various legal branches.