Ijtihad Network Islamic Jurisprudence
The following translated passages come from a larger work in Arabic by Sayyid Muḥammad Saeed al-Ḥakim in which he...
May, 2017
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22 May
Book: Authority, Continuity, and Change in Islamic Law
In this path-breaking new book, the author shows how authority guaranteed both continuity and change in Islamic...
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22 May
Why Should We Do Taqlid in Religious Problems?
It is important to mention a basic thing that blindly following the views and manners of anyone completely is...
April, 2017
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2 April
Article: A Brief History of Ijtihad in Twelver Shi’ism
In the classical period of Islam, the term ijtihad was part of a longer formulation, namely: ijtihad bi al-ra’y, which means ‘putting in utmost effort in the exercise of...
March, 2017
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29 March
Reinterpretation or Reformation? Shi‘a Law in the West
This article will outline the salient features that characterise the Shi‘a community in the United States of America and will examine some of the recent juridical literature that...
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26 March
Article: An Outline of the History of Restriction on Ijtihad
The original in Arabic appeared under the title Ta'rikh hasr al-ijtihad a publication of Madrasat al-Imam al Mahdi ('a), Khunsar, and edited by...
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23 March
Thesis: Hasbi’s theory of Ijtihad in the context of Indonesian Fiqh
This thesis studies the proposal for an Indonesian fiqh, articulated by Muhammad Hasbi Ash Shiddieqy (1904-1975) as an effort to bridge the tension in Islamic law between revelation and reality ('ada) in...
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11 March
Ijtihad: Its Meaning, Sources, Beginnings and the Practice of Ra’y
The sources of ijtihad according to Shi'ah and the Ahl al Sunnah, put together, are: the Book, the Sunnah, ijma’ (consensus), ‘aql (reason), qiyas (analogy), istihsan, masalih mursalah, istislah, sadd al dhara'i’, fath al dhara'i; madhhab al sahabi, shari’at al salaf, ‘urf, istidlal, and...
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9 March
Article: Ijtihad: Takhti’ah or Taswib
In this article the writer intend to consider briefly the concept, definition, and types of ijtihad and then examine briefly the criteria and justification of takhti’ah and taswib according to both Shi‘a and...
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1 March
Thou Shalt Emulate the Most Knowledgeable Living Cleric
This paper analyses the reconceptualization of Islamic law and authority as defined by Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari the influential scholar and first sole supreme exemplar of the...
