Criticizing the Jurisprudential Prohibition of High-Rise Construction

Document Type : Fiqh City

Authors

1 Research Center for Civilizational Islam, Islamic Sciences and Culture Research Center

2 Master's Student of Jurisprudence and Criminal Law at Shahid Motahari University Tehran, Iran

Abstract

One of the problems that cities of the world today face, especially large cities, is high-rise construction. High-rise construction, as a set of advantages and disadvantages, has proponents and opponents with various and sometimes corresponding arguments. A review of these advantages and disadvantages also provides a comprehensive view of the jurisprudential study of this issue. The main question of the present article is “what is the primary ruling of high-rise construction in an Islamic city.” To answer this question, the opinion of Āyatollāh Moḥsin Arākī will be examined and criticized. From the jurisprudential arguments including the maxim of Lā Ḍirār (“do not inflict injury”), the following five basic rules can be mentioned: the necessity of human use, the proportionality of the height of the building with the level of religious places, attention to religious identity and aspect, non-destruction of cultural heritage, and attention to the right of tranquillity for high-rise construction. By observing these rules, high-rise construction is jurisprudentially permissible and also preferable if the quality of life is improved and citizenship rights are preserved. 

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Article Title [العربیة]

النهی الفقهی عن تشیید الأبنیة المرتفعة فی بوتقة النقد

Abstract [العربیة]

من المسائل المهمة فی مدن عالم الیوم ولا سیما فی المدن الکبیرة مسألة البناء المرتفع، تعریف وتحدید البناء المرتفع أمر نسبی، ویرتبط بمجموعة من الظروف؛ کالظروف الاجتماعیة، وتصور الفرد عن البیئة المحیطة، وارتفاع الأبنیة المجاورة، ویتم تعریفه وتحدیده إلى حد کبیر وفق عرف المحل، وقد لاقت مسألة البناء المرتفع انطلاقا من مزایاها وعیوبها معارضین ومؤیدین، ولکل منهم أدلته ومستنداته فی الموضوع، أدلة قد تکون متعارضة أحیانا، وإنّ استعراض تلک المزایا والعیوب یقدم رؤیة جامعة فی إطار الدراسة الفقهیة لهذه الظاهرة.
السؤال الأساس فی البحث الحالی ما هو الحکم الأولی لتشیید الأبنیة المرتفعة فی المدن الإسلامیة؟ وللإجابة عن هذا السؤال سوف نقوم بدراسة وتحلیل رأی آیة الله الأراکی فی هذه المسألة، وبناء على عدد من الأدلة الفقهیة، ومنها قاعدة "لا ضرر" یمکن الوصول إلى خمسة ضوابط کلیة یجب أن تحکم مسألة تشیید الأبنیة المرتفعة فی المدن، وهی ضرورة الاستخدام البشری، وتناسب ارتفاع المبنى مع مستوى الأماکن الدینیة، والاهتمام بالهویة الدینیة، والحفاظ على التراث الثقافی والعمرانی، ومراعاة حق السکینة والهدوء. إنّ مراعاة الضوابط المذکورة آنفا سوف یعنی جواز تشیید الأبنیة المرتفعة فقهیا؛ بل سیکون راجحا إذا کان سببا فی تحسین جودة الحیاة وفی الحفاظ على حقوق المواطنة.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • تشیید الأبنیة المرتفعة
  • إعمار الأرض
  • التطویر الرأسی
  • التراث الثقافی
  • لا ضرار

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Islamic Law, Jurisprudence and Methodology
Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 26
Articles
May 2022
Pages 153-188

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  • Receive Date: 23 May 2020
  • Revise Date: 02 July 2020
  • Accept Date: 11 June 2020

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