History and Normativity in Traditional Indian Muslim Thought: Reading Shari`a in the Hermeneutics of Qari Muhammad Tayyab (d.1983)

Abstract

Traditional forms of Islamic thought have a particular understanding as to how norms and values stand in relation to time and change. This article explores the view of a prominent thinker Qari Muhammad Tayyab, affiliated to the Deobandi school, a prominent traditionalist franchise of seminaries (madrasas) in South Asia.