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jinnzaman said
haha, i guess i should've been more clear and used the term 'the' premise and not 'your' premise.
If the way your exam is structured is between "Sufis" v. "literalists" than this is also a false dichotomy. "Literalism" has never really been the "norm" in Islamic law. Literalism cannot exist because there are not always literal interpretations of texts. Each text must be placed within the proper context. Literalism, as an interpretative movement, is more of a 20th century by product of interaction with Western ideologies than an innate Islamic inteprretation.
Remember, there are various strains of Sufism: syncretic and reformist.
I'd start by definining each of these terms.
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Thanks for that.
Speaking from a historical point of view, did Ibn Taimiyyah et al have a great impact on the Islamic jurisprudence of their contemporaries.