Approaches to Shariʿah Interpretations in daily life Adaptations for Muslim Diasporas

Shariʿah is important for Muslims. They are obliged to keep its rulings regardless of where they live; in Islamic or secular countries, and whether in minority or majority positions. Several schools of fiqh (jurisprudence) were developed since the dawn of Islam in the context of Muslims being a majority. Each school established a different position of interpretation. Muslims who live in Islamic lands follow one of these positions, often each country chooses one. Muslim diasporas are also obliged to apply the rulings of Shariʿah. However, they are diverse and may use to follow different schools of fiqh depending on the land of origin. In addition, they live in a different context. The current article is considerably based on the PhD awarded by Middlesex University in 2019, through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. I have taken the opportunity to extend my work to profit the wider readers. Dr David Singh of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, and Dr Mohammad Talib at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford were my two supervisors . The article reviews the notion of Shariʿah, its sources, the scope of rulings, and its branch that has been developed for Muslim diasporas. My sources for this task are based on what scholars teach about Shariʿah. I will explain the minority jurisprudence that was meant to help Muslims in a minority position. I will bring to light the empirical findings reflecting their adaptations in dealing with their struggles, and the nuanced manner in which real everyday life issues are interpreted.