The Methodology of Fiqh (Jurisprudence) of Economic Theories from Martyr Sadr's View

Offering the principles of formulating economic policies of Islamic government is one of the most important missions of governmental fiqh. This task necessitates offering a distinct method for extracting the economic theories of Islam from Islamic sources. No doubt, martyr Sadr is the first jurist who initiated this method and attempted to extract economic theories by establishing the method of fiqh of theories. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present paper investigates the method of fiqh of economic theories in martyr Sadr's view. The research findings indicate that the method proposed by martyr Sadr necessitates taking into consideration the economic rules and concepts as the superstructure and extracting the principles and theories of Islamic economic as infrastructure. This method pave the ground for extracting the theories of Islamic economy and, consequently, economic macro-decision making of Islamic government. This paper criticizes and evaluates doubts cast on this method including the problem of authority and basing it on preference and syllogism.