Gould, Rebecca Ruth and Shikhaliev, S. (2017) 'Beyond the Taqlīd/Ijtihād Dichotomy: Daghestani Legal Thought under Russian Rule.' Islamic Law and Society, 24 (1-2). pp. 142-169.
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Daghestan ; Shāfiʿī law ; taqlīd ; ijtihād ; Russian empire ; religious difference ; modernity |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| ISSN: | 15685195 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685195-02412p06 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2023 06:39 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/40484 |
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