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	'''Sharia''' (شريعة, "the way") is Islamic sacred law ~~— and in Infrared discourse, the prime example of~~ '''law as moral order''' against law as liberal contract.		'''Sharia''' (شريعة, "the way") — Islamic sacred law as '''law of moral order''' against law as liberal contract.

	~~== The concept ==~~		Not a "code" but the totality of divinely-ordained guidance — worship, transactions, family — with fiqh (jurisprudence) as plural human interpretation across schools. Its economic core is anti-usurious: riba prohibited, zakat obligatory, risk-sharing over rent-extraction — finance subordinated to social ends (institutionalized by the [[Ottoman Empire]]).
	* Sharia is not a "code" ~~in the Western sense~~ but the totality of divinely-ordained guidance: worship, transactions, family~~, punishment~~ — jurisprudence ~~(fiqh~~) as human interpretation ~~of it, plural and evolving~~ across schools.
	* Its economic core is anti-usurious: riba ~~(interest)~~ prohibited, zakat ~~(wealth transfer)~~ obligatory, risk-sharing ~~favored~~ over rent-extraction — ~~an order subordinating~~ finance to social ends ([[Ottoman Empire]] ~~institutionalized these constraints~~).
	* Its political content: sovereignty belongs to the divine order, not to the people-as-contract — the direct negation of liberal proceduralism.

	~~== Infrared's usage ==~~		In the [[Communism is Islam]] complex, sharia demonstrates that a civilization organized itself for centuries on non-liberal, non-capitalist law — planned markets, price regulation, moral economy — and that colonial destruction of this order (Islam "reformed" into private religion) was part of the same process that destroyed every other organic social order. Neither "sharia takeover" nor liberal tolerance: recognition of sharia as law of the objective order, kin to what communism seeks in planned moral economy ([[Tawhid]], [[Jihad]]).
	~~Sharia appears in~~ the [[Communism is Islam]] complex~~: the demonstration~~ that a civilization organized itself for centuries on non-liberal, non-capitalist law — planned markets, price regulation, moral economy — and that ~~the~~ colonial destruction of this order (~~and the~~ "~~reform~~" ~~of Islam~~ into private religion) was part of the same process that destroyed every other organic social order. ~~The communist position is neither~~ "sharia takeover" ~~(the right's fantasy)~~ nor liberal tolerance~~-of-the-other, but~~ recognition of sharia as ~~'''~~law of the objective order~~''' —~~ kin to what communism seeks in planned, moral economy ([[Tawhid]], [[Jihad]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Tawhid]]		* [[Tawhid]]
	* [[Communism is Islam]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''Sharia''' (شريعة, "the way") ~~denotes the divinely ordained path of conduct~~ in ~~Islam~~, ~~derived from four sources:~~ the ~~Qur~~'~~an, the Sunnah of the Prophet, analogical reasoning (qiyas), and scholarly consensus (ijma)~~.		'''Sharia''' (شريعة, "the way") is Islamic sacred law — and in Infrared discourse, the prime example of '''law as moral order''' against law as liberal contract.

	== ~~Clarifications~~ ==		== The concept ==
	* Sharia is not a ~~single codified~~ "~~law~~ code" but ~~a jurisprudential tradition (fiqh) with multiple schools (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali~~, ~~Ja'fari).~~		* Sharia is not a "code" in the Western sense but the totality of divinely-ordained guidance: worship, transactions, family, punishment — jurisprudence (fiqh) as human interpretation of it, plural and evolving across schools.
	* Its scope spans worship, family ~~law, commerce, criminal law~~, ~~and ethics~~ — ~~including strong protections for contracts, inheritance rights~~, and ~~prohibitions on usury (riba)~~.		* Its economic core is anti-usurious: riba (interest) prohibited, zakat (wealth transfer) obligatory, risk-sharing favored over rent-extraction — an order subordinating finance to social ends ([[Ottoman Empire]] institutionalized these constraints).
	* ~~The modern notion of "sharia law" as a monolithic theocratic penal system~~ is ~~largely a colonial~~-~~era and media construction; historically~~, ~~sharia coexisted with customary and administrative law across vast Islamic polities~~ (~~see~~ [[Ottoman Empire]]).		* Its political content: sovereignty belongs to the divine order, not to the people-as-contract — the direct negation of liberal proceduralism.

	== ~~Marxist engagement~~ ==		== Infrared's usage ==
	~~Infrared~~'s ~~line treats~~ sharia'~~s economic provisions — especially~~ the ~~riba prohibition and zakat redistribution~~ — ~~as an authentic social-revolutionary content suppressed by both orientalist caricature and comprador elites~~ (~~see~~ [[~~Communism is Islam~~]]).		Sharia appears in the [[Communism is Islam]] complex: the demonstration that a civilization organized itself for centuries on non-liberal, non-capitalist law — planned markets, price regulation, moral economy — and that the colonial destruction of this order (and the "reform" of Islam into private religion) was part of the same process that destroyed every other organic social order. The communist position is neither "sharia takeover" (the right's fantasy) nor liberal tolerance-of-the-other, but recognition of sharia as '''law of the objective order''' — kin to what communism seeks in planned, moral economy ([[Tawhid]], [[Jihad]]).

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Tawhid]]		* [[Tawhid]]
	* [[~~Jihad~~]]		* [[Communism is Islam]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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'''Sharia''' (شريعة, "the way") denotes the divinely ordained path of conduct in Islam, derived from four sources: the Qur'an, the Sunnah of the Prophet, analogical reasoning (qiyas), and scholarly consensus (ijma).

== Clarifications ==
* Sharia is not a single codified "law code" but a jurisprudential tradition (fiqh) with multiple schools (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali, Ja'fari).
* Its scope spans worship, family law, commerce, criminal law, and ethics — including strong protections for contracts, inheritance rights, and prohibitions on usury (riba).
* The modern notion of "sharia law" as a monolithic theocratic penal system is largely a colonial-era and media construction; historically, sharia coexisted with customary and administrative law across vast Islamic polities (see [[Ottoman Empire]]).

== Marxist engagement ==
Infrared's line treats sharia's economic provisions — especially the riba prohibition and zakat redistribution — as an authentic social-revolutionary content suppressed by both orientalist caricature and comprador elites (see [[Communism is Islam]]).

== See also ==
* [[Tawhid]]
* [[Jihad]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Islam]][[Category:Law]]