a reappraisal of the justice of people of the scripture

one of the issues disagreed among the islamic jurists is the possibility of the actualization of justice among the people of the scripture. the renowned majority of the jurists believe in the non-actualization of justice among the disbelievers in general. this article, at first, points out the evidences of the renowned majority of the jurists on the non-actualization of justice among the people of the scripture. then, it examines the evidences of those believing in the actualization of justice among the people of the scripture; and finally, it proposes, by way of legal decision (ijtahād), the non-actualization of justice – in its jurisprudential sense – among the disbelievers.