INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Do we need to ‘de-westernize’ knowledge? Q and A, 6-10
Do we need to ‘de-westernize’ knowledge? Q and A IPSA-Cape Town 2019...
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INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: The war on concepts & objectives, 6-10
The war on concepts & objectives SIXTH CLASS:INTRO TO FIQH IPSA- CAPE TOWN 2019 This is from the 6th lecture (out of 10, “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course). After we build the Quranic objectives/maqasid and concepts/mafaheem web, how can we realize them in today’s reality on all levels and in all fields of knowledge and action? The answer has to do with the role of the Arabic language as the language of the Islamic identity, and the measures required for Muslims to fight back the “war on concepts and objectives” that the Islamic thought is facing, and the ways to...
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His Most Perfect Blessing Is to Give You Just Enough (Ibn Atta)
In his well-known book, Al-Hikam (Words of Wisdom), sheikh Ahmad Ibn `Ataa’illah As-Sakandari says: His most perfect blessing on you is to give you just enough, and to deprive you from what will cause you to do wrong. When you have less to be happy with, you will have less to be sad about. This stage of our journey to Allah relates to the issue of providence and how to understand it correctly. The Prophetic hadith that says: “The little that suffices is better than the abundant and distracting”, has been re-worded by the Sheikh in this word of wisdom. The Sheikh says: “His...
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INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Maqasid of Quranic structure & eloquence, 5-10
Maqasid of Quranic structure & eloquence Fifth Class:Intro to Fiqh IPSA- Cape Town 2019 This is from the 5th lecture (out of 10), which Dr.Jasser teaches as a “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course. He presented here a detailed analysis of the maqasid of the Quranic language; tacit meanings, various readings/qira’aat of the ayaat, Quranic techniques of eloquence and expression, and the maqasid of the Surahs/chapters. The outcome Quranic maqasid list is a large web of highly interconnected meanings that are not amenable to the usual fiqhi hierarchies of...
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Impact of modern philosophy on Quranic Maqasid Studies
Q and A IPSA-Cape Town 2019 This is from the Q and A of the 3rd lecture (out of 10, “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course). The question is: Can we approach the Quran without a pre-conceived philosophy? The answer is no, and compares the maqasidi approach that is influenced by the contemporary systems philosophy, and Imam Abu Hamed Al-Ghazali’s reading of the Logic of Syllogism into the Quran itself. Abu Hamed then called the Organon a “necessary tool” and a condition to have any level of confidence in any...
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