The Taqlīd al-Ijtihād Paradox: Challenges to Qurʾanic Hermeneutics

Ijtihād has been extremely important throughout Islamic history and seen as such by many Muslim scholars, both Sunni and Shiʿi, in early, medieval, and contemporary Islam. However, the phenomenon of ijtihad, in both traditional and contemporary Islam, is restricted to a set of rules that were outlin...

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Main Author: Galadari, Abdulla (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Al-Bayān
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-167
Further subjects:B Qurʾan imitation ijtihād exegesis hermeneutics
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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