This disparity between theory and practice – between the noble precepts of the law and the brutal facts of government - has led some scholars to dismiss the whole political and constitutional system of the classical Muslim jurists as an abstract and artificial construction, as little related to reality as the civil liberties enshrined in the constitutions of modern dictatorships.
Tofauti hii kati ya nadharia na vitendo - kati ya kanuni tukufu za sheria na ukweli wa kikatili wa serikali - imesababisha baadhi ya wanazuoni kuutupilia mbali mfumo mzima wa kisiasa na kikatiba wa mafakihi wa Kiislamu wa kitambo kuwa ni muundo wa kidhahania na wa bandia, kwa kuwa hauhusiani kidogo na ukweli. kama uhuru wa raia uliowekwa katika katiba za udikteta wa kisasa.