E. View of the school of law on the underlying cause of the
prohibition of the six ribawi items
In addition to the
six ribawi items mentioned in the Hadith, Shariah scholars
included other types of commodities depending on the underlying cause specified.
This extension of Shariah ruling is done by referring to the analogy as
source of law. Qiyas is the extension of a Shariah rule from the
original case, or asl, to a new case, because the latter has the same
effective cause (‘illah) as the former. Hence, when the illah is
found in another commodity, the Shariah ruling will be extended
accordingly. Scholars agreed on the
underlying cause of (gold and silver) which is currency, however the scholars
have different views in identifying the illah in the four commodities. The different opinions are as the table.