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No Example Available I once heard a lecture by a well-known Islamic scholar and thinker, delivered in a city in India. The topic of his speech was “Islam in the Modern Era.” At the end of the lecture, someone from the audience asked the speaker what guidance the Shariah provides for us in a country like India. Upon hearing this question, the Muslim scholar remained silent for a while and then said that answering this question is very difficult. This is because the model of a position of strength exists in Islamic Shariah, but the model of a position of modesty does not. For a long time, I wondered why this scholar leader could not find a model for a position of modesty in Islamic Shariah. Finally, I understood that this scholar (like other contemporary Muslim leaders) knew only the codified jurisprudence (fiqh) as Islamic Shariah, i.e., the fiqh that was developed when Muslims were in a position of power and authority in all respects. Consequently, the Islamic jurisprudence that was developed during that time, consciously or unconsciously, became the jurisprudence of the powerful. It represented the state of power and authority. This is why, in the present era, when Muslim leaders saw that they had been deprived of absolute authority, they felt that their Shariah did not provide them with any positive guidance for their position of modesty. As a result, in the current era, they saw no other option but to start a fight with others to regain power. Undoubtedly, the jurisprudence developed during the era of power did not contain this guidance, but the Quran,