Al-Hasasnah, Ahsan. “Towards Developing Methodological Approaches and a New Fiqh for the Concept of Governance,” Year 7, Issue 28 (Spring 1423 AH/ 2002 CE), Pp. 55-93.

Abstract

Ahsan al-Hasasnah explains the concept of governance (ḥākimiyyah) linguistically, and according to its usage in the Qur’an and Sunnah. He then analyzes mechanisms adopted by prominent scholars who have addressed the concept, such as Abul A'la Maududi, Sayyid Qutb, and Taha Jabir al-Alwani.  He provides an integrative vision of governance by breaking the link between the principle of divinity and the concept of governance, discussing the doctrinal, political, and intellectual foundations of the methodology. He then provides three types of governance: Divine governance, religious governance, and human governance. He  concludes by emphasizing that the field of intellectual governance involves the study of the physical world and the study of revelation, referring to the analysis of this duality by citing the opinions of al-Juwaynī, al-Ghazālī, and al-Rāzī.