The Evolution of Fiqh (Islamic Law & The madh-abs)

[IbnAbdulHakim]

The reality is, you say it can't and then explain how is does.

I guess you just have to believe to understand. :hmm:

i said it cant, and explained why it hasnt and why to you it looks as though it had.


get it?

 

[wilberhum]

i said it cant, and explained why it hasnt and why to you it looks as though it had.


get it?

As I said, "I guess you just have to believe to understand". laying:

 

[snakelegs]

actually, i don't think you have to believe to understand. i don't believe but at least i have the illusion that i understand.
we have a basic law in the constitution. situations come up all the time which require rulings based on the constitution and on legal precedents. (this comparison stinks in that the constitution can - and has been - changed and ammended, whereas in religious law the basics stay the same.)
having read most of the book that was the subject of this thread - it is exactly as the title suggests - the evolution of islamic jurisprudence, the reasons for the development of the 4 main schools of thought, the effects of outside circumstances and the reasons for the decline and stagnation of scholarship and the arising of blind following. (haven't quite finished it yet). so it talks about how islamic jurisprudence changed and developed over time and the reasons for the changes.
this does not imply that the 'basic general plan' is imperfect. just that the law is living.
islam and judaism are quite different from christianity in that they are entire systems of law. as new challenges arise, it is for scholars to see which parts of the "basic general plan" are applicable and it what way. sometimes this has to do with very small mundane things that arise in daily life and seem completely absurd to the outsider.
one cool advantage of all this is that it makes the believer consciously aware of God as he goes about his daily life.
the book is quite an interesting read and the print is nice and big. and it's not too long either.

 

[wilberhum]

Snake,
You are the most Muslim of all the non-Muslims.

 

[snakelegs]

i think it is because, as i mentioned earlier, when i was young, i studied judaism and jewish law a bit, so there is a lot about islam that feels familiar in spite of my rusty and rotting memory.
(btw, the book is not uncritical.)

 

[IbnAbdulHakim]

As I said, "I guess you just have to believe to understand". laying:

nope, you just have to understand to understand.

and clearly you dont understand lol

 

[SirZubair]

nope, you just have to understand to understand.

and clearly you dont understand lol

Well said Mufti IbnAbdulHakim.. kay:

There is a Sufi saying: “Ignorance is pride, and pride is ignorance. The man who says ‘I don’t have to be taught how to learn’ is proud and ignorant.”

 

[FatimaAsSideqah]

As Salaam Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu and Hello.

Please let to discuss on-topic on my thread! I don't want it be to going on by debate too much.

Sister Fatima

 

[SirZubair]

If anyone is interested in a link which will result in MANY more links (all of which will teach you about Madhabs), PM me and insha'allah i'll PM or email you the link.