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Ijtihad and renewal /by Said Shabbar ; translated from the Arabic by Nancy Roberts.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: London, England : The International Institute of Islamic Thought, (c)2017.Description: ix, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781565649750
  • 9781565649767
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KBP453 .I385 2017
  • KBP453
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Contents:
On the meaning of Ijtihad and its relationship to opinion -- On the methodological requirements of Ijtihad -- On the conditions of Ijtihad, and the agreement-disagreement dialectic
Points of overlap and complementarity between Tajdid and Ijtihad -- Taqlid, Ittiba and Ijtihad: Contrast and complementarity
The Muslim community (al-Ummah) as the regulator of renewal and Ijtihad -- Authoritative points of reference as the grounding for innovation and progress -- Universality: The global arena for change-oriented action and outreach
The Arab awakening, nationalist and secular discourse, and the modernity of elitist thought -- Islamic reform: Movement models and reform programs -- Contemporary Islamic thought: Repairing broken links in the chain.
Subject: In the early centuries of Islam the response of Muslims to problem-solving the various issues and challenges that faced their rapidly expanding community was to use intelligence and independent reasoning based on the Qur'an and Sunnah to address them. This practice is known as ijtihad. As the centuries wore on however the gates of ijtihad were generally closed in favor of following existing rulings developed by scholars by way of analogy. And as reason and intellect, now held captive to madhhabs (schools of thought) and earlier scholarly opinion stagnated, so did the Muslim world. Ijtihad and Renewal is an analysis of ijtihad and the role it can play for a positive Muslim revival in the modern world, a revival based on society-wide economic and educational reform and development. It makes the case that the grafting of solutions rooted in the past onto the complex and unique realities of our own age, in a one-size-fits-all perspective, has paralysed the vitality of Muslim thought, and confused its sense of direction, and that to revive the Muslim world from its centuries of decline and slumber we need to revive the practice of ijtihad. Focusing attention on thinking through solutions for ourselves based on our own times and context, using the Qur'an and Sunnah, as well as the wisdom and experience of the past distilled from these, as tools in this endeavor whilst not the only solution, is certainly a viable and powerful one. https://www.amazon.com/Ijtihad-Renewal-Said-Shabbar/dp/1565649753/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781565649750&qid=1598974420&s=books&sr=1-1
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The renewal and Ijtihad movement in contemporary Islamic thought: Pivotal terms and concepts -- On the meaning of Ijtihad and its relationship to opinion -- On the methodological requirements of Ijtihad -- On the conditions of Ijtihad, and the agreement-disagreement dialectic

Renewal (Tajdid), imitation (Taqlid) and adherence (Ittiba) in relation to Ijtihad -- Points of overlap and complementarity between Tajdid and Ijtihad -- Taqlid, Ittiba and Ijtihad: Contrast and complementarity

The Muslim community: The framework of authority and universality in Arab-Islamic thought -- The Muslim community (al-Ummah) as the regulator of renewal and Ijtihad -- Authoritative points of reference as the grounding for innovation and progress -- Universality: The global arena for change-oriented action and outreach

The foundations of Ijtihad-related thought as it pertains to reform and revival movements and the factors underlying their failure -- The Arab awakening, nationalist and secular discourse, and the modernity of elitist thought -- Islamic reform: Movement models and reform programs -- Contemporary Islamic thought: Repairing broken links in the chain.

In the early centuries of Islam the response of Muslims to problem-solving the various issues and challenges that faced their rapidly expanding community was to use intelligence and independent reasoning based on the Qur'an and Sunnah to address them. This practice is known as ijtihad. As the centuries wore on however the gates of ijtihad were generally closed in favor of following existing rulings developed by scholars by way of analogy. And as reason and intellect, now held captive to madhhabs (schools of thought) and earlier scholarly opinion stagnated, so did the Muslim world. Ijtihad and Renewal is an analysis of ijtihad and the role it can play for a positive Muslim revival in the modern world, a revival based on society-wide economic and educational reform and development. It makes the case that the grafting of solutions rooted in the past onto the complex and unique realities of our own age, in a one-size-fits-all perspective, has paralysed the vitality of Muslim thought, and confused its sense of direction, and that to revive the Muslim world from its centuries of decline and slumber we need to revive the practice of ijtihad. Focusing attention on thinking through solutions for ourselves based on our own times and context, using the Qur'an and Sunnah, as well as the wisdom and experience of the past distilled from these, as tools in this endeavor whilst not the only solution, is certainly a viable and powerful one.

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