<![CDATA[This article examines how social change influences the interpretation and application of Islamic law and proposes a procedural reconstruction of legal reasoning, with Islamic family law as its analytical focus. Using normative legal research with conceptual and sociological perspectives, the study compares recent scholarship on legal pluralism, maqāṣid, ijtihad, and family-law reform. The analysis identifies three channels of social influence: changes in legal objects, factual circumstances, and legal institutions. It develops a three-stage framework consisting of sociological diagnosis, normative assessment, and contextual formulation. Unlike a general appeal for legal adaptation, the framework requires explicit identification of relevant facts, normative authority, reasoning limits, and foreseeable effects. A worked illustration of post-divorce child care distinguishes shared parental responsibility from an automatic equal-time arrangement, emphasizing children’s welfare and legally defensible responsibilities. The framework is presented as a conceptual synthesis rather than an empirically tested reform model. Further examination of case law and administrative practice is recommended.]]>
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