This article is devoted to the contemporary Shi'a Iranian religious scholar and thinker Moḥammad Mojtahed Shabestarī (b. 1936)...
December, 2019
October, 2019
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30 October
Book: Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World
This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy...
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30 October
Trends of History in Qur’an by Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
If we refer to the Qur'an in the form of a question an idea which has already been investigated and discussed by various schools of human society, we can be guided by the Qur'an as to which is the best...
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28 October
The Science of Islamic Jurisprudence according to Imam Rida (pbuh)
Imam al-Rida, peace be on him, was among the leading Imams of guidance, peace be on them; therefore, his words and actions are part of the Sunna, for a group of legislative precepts have been...
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8 October
Citizenship and Accountability of Government: An Islamic Perspective
Offering insight into the Islamic perspective, this volume covers two subjects that have never before been discussed as separate topics in Islamic jurisprudence—citizenship and the...
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1 October
Book: Shari’a: Theory, Practice, Transformations
Much contemporary scholarship on Islamic law focuses either on Shari'a's development and structure in the premodern era, or on efforts to reconstitute and apply it in the modern Muslim world. In this comprehensive book...
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1 October
A Short Treatise on the Guardianship of the Jurist+PDF
In this book, the author discusses in detail the concept of the Guardianship of the Jurist from an historical perspective, analysing the textual authority for its implementation while...
September, 2019
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4 September
Usūl Al-Fiqh : Beyond Tradition+PDF
Anyone who ever takes the intellectual history of religion seriously is bound to deal with the notion of originality either directly or obliquely. And perhaps more than any other religion, the originality of Islam, of...
August, 2019
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29 August
Article: Shari’ah Perspective on Green Jobs and Environmental Ethics
This article focuses on reviewing green jobs from the Islamic perspective, and concepts and principles such as squander (israf), cleanliness (nizafah), waste (Iitlaf), no-harm (La zarar) and causation (Tasbib) are directly mentioned as a necessary condition for...
July, 2019
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7 July
The Legal Methodology of “Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat” and its Critics: An Analytical Study
Fiqh al-Aqalliyyat — the jurisprudence of Muslim minorities — is a legal doctrine asserting that Muslim minorities, especially those residing in the...
