Critical Thinking and Its Implications for Contemporary Ijtihad

As an intellectual process, critical thinking plays a dynamic role in reconstructing human thought. In Islamic legal thought, this intellectual tool was pivotal in building a full-fledged jurisprudential system during the golden age of Islamic civilization. With the solidification of the science of...

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Autores principales:	Sayed Sikandar Shah, Mek Wok Mahmud
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2010
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:df6693426d5344329e91a89b9b6ac4502021-12-02T17:26:04ZCritical Thinking and Its Implications for Contemporary Ijtihad10.35632/ajis.v27i4.3702690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/df6693426d5344329e91a89b9b6ac4502010-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/370https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 As an intellectual process, critical thinking plays a dynamic role in reconstructing human thought. In Islamic legal thought, this intellectual tool was pivotal in building a full-fledged jurisprudential system during the golden age of Islamic civilization. With the solidification of the science of Islamic legal theory and the entrenchment of classical Islamic jurisprudence, this process abated somewhat. Recent Islamic revival movements have engendered a great zeal for reinstituting this process. The current state of affairs in constructing and reconstructing Islamic jurisprudence by and large do not, however, reflect the dynamic feature of intellectual thought in this particular discipline. Thus this article attempts to briefly delineate this concept, unveil the reality on the ground, and identify some hands-on strategies for applying critical thinking in contemporary ijtihad. Sayed Sikandar ShahMek Wok MahmudInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 27, Iss 4 (2010)
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description	As an intellectual process, critical thinking plays a dynamic role in reconstructing human thought. In Islamic legal thought, this intellectual tool was pivotal in building a full-fledged jurisprudential system during the golden age of Islamic civilization. With the solidification of the science of Islamic legal theory and the entrenchment of classical Islamic jurisprudence, this process abated somewhat. Recent Islamic revival movements have engendered a great zeal for reinstituting this process. The current state of affairs in constructing and reconstructing Islamic jurisprudence by and large do not, however, reflect the dynamic feature of intellectual thought in this particular discipline. Thus this article attempts to briefly delineate this concept, unveil the reality on the ground, and identify some hands-on strategies for applying critical thinking in contemporary ijtihad.
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Critical Thinking and Its Implications for Contemporary Ijtihad

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