Beyond the Taqlīd/Ijtihād Dichotomy: Daghestani Legal Thought under Russian Rule

As one of the first scholarly studies of Jirāb al-Mamnūn, a collection of letters by the Daghestani Shāfiʿī scholar Ḥasan al-Alqadārī (1834–1910), this article challenges the ijtihād/taqlīd dichotomy within Islamic legal thought and argues for a more comprehensive understanding of the dialectic betw...

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Authors: Gould, Rebecca (Author) ; Shikhaliev, Shamil (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 142-169
Further subjects:B Modernity
B religious difference
B Shāfiʿī law
B Russian empire
B Daghestan
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Summary:As one of the first scholarly studies of Jirāb al-Mamnūn, a collection of letters by the Daghestani Shāfiʿī scholar Ḥasan al-Alqadārī (1834–1910), this article challenges the ijtihād/taqlīd dichotomy within Islamic legal thought and argues for a more comprehensive understanding of the dialectic between reason and authority. Along the way, we examine the influence of al-Alqadārī’s taqlīd-based methodology on his attitudes toward confessional differences within and outside Islam. The article contributes to current debates on the role of reason and authority in the writings of Muslim scholars living under colonial rule.
ISSN:1568-5195
Contains:Enthalten in: Islamic law and society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685195-02412p06