According to Islamic doctrines, acquiring religious knowledge and becoming familiar with the fundamentals of faith is everyone's obligatory duty. The Quran being the most important source of legislation calls on every individual to acquire knowledge as...
July, 2018
October, 2017
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11 October
Review on the Book “Kirmānī Shaykhism and the Ijtihād: A Study of Abū al-Qāsim Khān Ibrāhīmī’s Ijtihād wa Taqlīd”
Denis Hermann’s Kirmānī Shaykhism and the Ijtihād: A Study of Abū al-Qāsim Khān Ibrāhīmī’s Ijtihād wa Taqlīd is a valuable and welcome addition to the existing scholarship on Shaykhī studies...
August, 2017
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3 August
A Dialogue on Taqleed according to Ayatollah Sistani’s Islamic Law
Taqleed is the following, by a lay person, of a Jurist in matters of religious practice. Thus, you apply the Jurist’s legal opinion (fatwa). It is as if you have put the responsibility squarely on the Jurist’s shoulders, in that he will stand accountable before Allah insofar as your compliance with...
July, 2017
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13 July
Relationship between Governance of a Jurist and the Authority of a Jurist
The reason that the jurisprudent is an authority in matters of the law is because of his specialization in jurisprudence and his power to derive the rules of Allah (awj) from their sources. While the reason that a leader is what he is, is because aside from the above mentioned qualities, he has the ability to manage society according to the principles and values of...
May, 2017
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26 May
The Roots of Taqlid in the Shia Community
The following translated passages come from a larger work in Arabic by Sayyid Muḥammad Saeed al-Ḥakim in which he...
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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...
March, 2017
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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...
January, 2017
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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...
February, 2016
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14 February
Shi’ite Scholars in the Field of Usul-ul-Fiqh
Shi'ite Scholars in the Field of Principles of Jurisprudence(Usul-ul-Fiqh).
