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Introduction to Islamic law:Towards a Quranic Maqasid-based Methodology, 3-10

Introduction to Islamic law:Towards a Quranic Maqasid-based Methodology, 3-10

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 | ,

Towards a Quranic Maqasid-based Methodology Third Class :Intro to Fiqh IPSA-Cape Town 2019   This is from the 3rd lecture (out of 10), which Dr.Jasser Auda teach as a “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course. He explained how cyclical reflection is not a hermeneutical cycle, since its objectives are defined by the Text itself and not from outside of it. Avoiding the “methodological errors” that the Quran warns from, and asking questions of system components and arguments for proof, resulted in a group of fundamentals/usul that will constitute tools for analysis, elements of study and objectives for action at all levels...

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No priesthood in Islam

No priesthood in Islam

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

The Auwal Mosque is the first mosque to be built in the southern part of Africa, built by Malay slaves who decided to preserve Islam in their lives and their Imam (known as Tuang Guru) wrote a complete copy of the Quran from memory. This Khutba is about that copy and how it preserved Islam in Southern...

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INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Critical analysis of current Islamic trends 2-10

INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW: Critical analysis of current Islamic trends 2-10

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

 Critical analysis of current Islamic trends   second class: Intro to Fiqh IPSA-Cape Town 2019  This is from the second lecture (out of 10), which Dr.Jasser teaches as a “Contemporary Islamic Law” graduate course. He took a critical analysis of the various schools of Islamic law/thought today and attempted to explain the impact of the current political forces and the inherited knowledge on their stands. (Neo-)Salafis, Sufis, Movement, Modernist, and Post-Modernist streams are examples, and explained how the political divide between Sufi-style and the Ikhwan-style ideologies is dividing the Ummah everywhere. The main critique here is that none of the current schools...

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Introduction to Islamic law: Fiqh is not Islamic law 1-10

Posted by | Feb 3, 2019 |

 Fiqh is not Islamic law 1st Class: Intro to Fiqh IPSA – Cape Town Jan 2019  It is about time that we define “fiqh” as the Quran defines it, and go beyond the narrow legal and historical definitions. This is an excerpt from the first class Dr.Jasser  gave yesterday in the course titled, “Introduction to Islamic law”, which is taught within the new graduate program based on Maqasid al-Shariah at the International Peace College South Africa –...

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