Ijtihad and Renewal : [English]
New,
Being an abridgement of
Al-Ijtihad wa al-Tajdid fi al-Fikr al-Islami al-Mu'asir,
*[A5+] Paperback - 155 pages,
Back in Stock : Jan 2018,
by Dr. Sa'id Shabbar,
by I.I.I.T (International Institute of Islamic Thought).
Description :
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 favour 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 endeavour whilst not the only solution, is certainly a viable and powerful one.
Dr. Sa'id Shabbar has served as Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Beni-Mellal, Morocco, and also served there as head of the Third Development and Research Unit dealing with Islamic Thought and Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, and as head of The Center for Knowledge and Civilisation Studies and the Terminology Research Group.
He has also been visiting professor at a number of Moroccan and other Arab universities. A member of numerous academic and cultural societies, he has contributed to many seminars and conferences, both national and international, and published articles in both Moroccan and international academic journals and periodicals.
Table of Contents :
---Foreword,
Section One : The Renewal and
Ijtihad Movement in Contemporary Islamic Thought,
---Pivotal Terms and Concepts,
---Chapter [1]. On the Meaning of
Ijtihad and its Relationship to Opinion (
al-Ra'y),
---Chapter [2]. On the Methodological Requirements of
Ijtihad,
---Chapter [3]. On the Conditions of
Ijtihad, and the Agreement-Disagreement Dialectic,
Section Two : Renewal (
Tajdid), Imitation (
Taqlid) and Adherence (
Ittiba) in Relation to
Ijtihad,
---Chapter [4]. Points of Overlap and Complementary Between
Tajdid and
Ijtihad,
---Chapter [5].
Taqlid,
Ittiba and
Ijtihad : Contrast and Complementarity,
Section Three : The Muslim Community : The Framework in Authority and Universality on Arab-Islamic Thought,
---Chapter [6]. The Muslim Community (
al-Ummah) as the Regulator and Renewal of
Ijtihad,
---Chapter [7]. Authorative Points of Reference as the Grounding for Innovation and Progress,
---Chapter [8]. Universality: The Global Arena for Change-oriented Action and Outreach,
Section Four : The Foundations of
Ijtihad Related Thought as it Pertains to Reform and Revival Movements and the Factors Underlying their Failure,
---Chapter [9]. The Arab Awakening, Nationalist and Secular Discourse, and the "Modernity" of Elitist Thought,
---Chapter [10]. Islamic Reform : Movement Models and Reform Programs,
---Chapter [11]. Contemporary Islamic Thought : Reparing Broken Links in the Chain.
---Glossary of Terms.
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Islamic Fiqh & Law.
*Dimensions : 22.9 x 15.2cm.
