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3 days ago · Sharia, the fundamental religious concept of Islam—namely, its law. The religious law of Islam is seen as the expression of God’s command for Muslims and, in application, constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon all Muslims by virtue of their religious belief.
5 days ago · Islam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century ce. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God).
1 day ago · In this article, I consider how the epistemic problem of religious disagreement has been viewed within the Islamic tradition. Specifically, I consider two religious epistemological trends within the tradition: Islamic Rationalism and Islamic Traditionalism. In examining the approaches of both trends toward addressing the epistemic problem, I suggest that neither is wholly adequate. Nonetheless ...
1 day ago · Muhammad Iqbal, one of the greatest Urdu poets, has discussed Sufism, philosophy and Islam in his English work The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam. [non-primary source needed] Sama. Sama is regarded as an important element of different Sufi orders. In South Asia, it is affiliated mostly with Chisti Sufism.
Apr 22, 2024 · Evidence for this lies in the Qur’anic verse And [He] has not laid any hardship upon you in religion (al-Hajj: 78) and in the Prophetic hadith, “I was appointed to [a prophethood of] primordial generous faith.” An example of this is the dispensation given one who finds it difficult to pray standing, as he may then pray seated.
Apr 12, 2024 · Encyclopedia of Islamic law: a compendium of the views of the major schools. Based on two main Arabic sources: al-Fiqh alal madhdhab al-arbaah and al-Fiqh alal madhdhab al-khamsa. Oxford Islamic Studies Online. This authoritative, dynamic resource brings together the best current scholarship in the field for students, scholars, government ...
Apr 11, 2024 · An Introduction to Islamic Law by Joseph Schacht. Call Number: KA615 Scha. ISBN: 9780198254737. Publication Date: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1983-10-27, reprint of 1964. The Spirit of Islamic Law by Bernard G. Weiss; Alan Watson (Series edited by) Call Number: KA615 Wei. ISBN: 9780820328270.
