Ibn Rushd’s the Decisive Treatise (1126–98) is widely acknowledged as an important text for understanding his legal ideas, with some scholars describing this text as a legal opinion (fatwa) issued for the Malikite jurists of that period. Contrastingly, I argue that the Decisive Treatise forms part of Ibn Rushd’s broader vision for political reform, and should thus be reconsidered as an important text for understanding his ideas on political authority. Whilst Ibn Rushd persisted in advancing the Almohad policy of reform, by calling on the religious scholars who occupied an important space in Almohad society to relinquish their narrow positions on how to understand and interpret Islamic Law, he went further in devising his own guidelines for reform. This constituted an argument that Greek ideas, and the wisdom of the ancient philosophers, are not only compatible with Islamic principles but also stand to offer much-needed guidance.

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伊本·拉什德的决定性论文：政治改革文本

伊本·拉什德的《决定论》（1126-98 年）被广泛认为是理解他的法律思想的重要文本，一些学者将此文本描述为为那个时期的马利基特法学家发布的法律意见（fatwa）。相比之下，我认为《决定论》构成了伊本·拉什德更广泛的政治改革愿景的一部分，因此应该被重新考虑为理解他的政治权威思想的重要文本。伊本·拉什德在坚持推进 Almohad 改革政策的同时，呼吁在 Almohad 社会中占据重要地位的宗教学者放弃他们在如何理解和解释伊斯兰教法方面的狭隘立场，他进一步制定了自己的改革方针. 这构成了一个论点，即希腊思想和古代哲学家的智慧，