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...
March, 2017
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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...
January, 2017
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29 January
A Review on the Book “The History of Islamic Legal Theory”
This book is addressed to a four-part audience: a wide readership of persons both within and without Islamic...
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26 January
Taqlid: Meaning and Reality
Taqlid literally means “to follow (someone)”, “to imitate”. In Islamic legal terminology it means to follow a...
December, 2016
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4 December
Suicide from the Viewpoint of Practical Philosophy and Islamic Jurisprudence
In this article the author, drawing on Islamic sources, presents his position based on his philosophical views and his...
May, 2016
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19 May
The Role of Reason and Syllogism in Ijtihad
Some schools of fiqh which supported qiyas, especially the Hanafi school, believed in the role of reason in ijtihad....
