Ijtihad…is the gate closed in our period of time.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:41 am
Am just curious…is it just me or is the ummah asleep.
Do we have mufti or islam judges who have full qualifications & are competent in ijtihad on particular question that are new, because society does change and new problems do come up we can’t always apply to the past or can we?
From my limited knowledge I don’t think Islamic scholarship has accepted any1’s claims to absolute ijtihad since the imams, Hanifa, Malik, Shafi’I and Ahmed.
I know its dangerous ground to be a self proclaimed expert in ijtihad…but we should at-lest lean towards that way..its time our ilams woke up and voiced some opinions and should be criticised…there is enough confusion in our ummah already.
so are the gates closed?
Do we have mufti or islam judges who have full qualifications & are competent in ijtihad on particular question that are new, because society does change and new problems do come up we can’t always apply to the past or can we?
From my limited knowledge I don’t think Islamic scholarship has accepted any1’s claims to absolute ijtihad since the imams, Hanifa, Malik, Shafi’I and Ahmed.
I know its dangerous ground to be a self proclaimed expert in ijtihad…but we should at-lest lean towards that way..its time our ilams woke up and voiced some opinions and should be criticised…there is enough confusion in our ummah already.
so are the gates closed?