Rethinking Islamic Legal Modeism (Studies in Islamic Law and Society, 45)

by: Ron Shaham (Author)

Publisher: BRILL

Publication Date: 2018/7/19

Language: English

Print Length: 202 pages

ISBN-10: 900436899X

ISBN-13: 9789004368996

Book Description

In Rethinking Islamic Legal Modeism Ron Shaham challenges the common opinion that Islamic legal modeism, as represented by Rashid Rida (d. 1935), is of poor intellectual quality and should not be considered an authentic development within Islamic law. The book focuses on the celebrated Sunni jurist, Yusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926), whom Shaham perceives as a close follower of Rida. By studying the coherence of Qaradawi’s Wasati theory of ijtihad and the consistency of its application in his legal opinions (fatwas), Shaham argues that Qaradawi, by means of eclecticism and synthesis, conducts a bold dialogue with the Islamic juristic heritage and brings it to bear on mode developments, in particular the institutional framework of the nation-state.

About the Author

In Rethinking Islamic Legal Modeism Ron Shaham challenges the common opinion that Islamic legal modeism, as represented by Rashid Rida (d. 1935), is of poor intellectual quality and should not be considered an authentic development within Islamic law. The book focuses on the celebrated Sunni jurist, Yusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926), whom Shaham perceives as a close follower of Rida. By studying the coherence of Qaradawi’s Wasati theory of ijtihad and the consistency of its application in his legal opinions (fatwas), Shaham argues that Qaradawi, by means of eclecticism and synthesis, conducts a bold dialogue with the Islamic juristic heritage and brings it to bear on mode developments, in particular the institutional framework of the nation-state.

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