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Aug 2024
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Role of Islamic Scholars in the Modern E...

Irshaad Sedick
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Shaykh Dr. Haitham al-Haddad is a jurist and serves as a judge for the Islamic Council (UK). He has studied the Islamic sciences for over 20 years under the tutelage of renowned scholars such as the late Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia and the retired Head of the Kingdom's Higher Judiciary Council. He specialised in many Islamic sciences and submitted his doctoral thesis on Islamic jurisprudence concerning Muslim minorities. He is highly respected, having specialised knowledge in the field of Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Maqāsid al-Shari'ah, Ulum al-Qur’ān, Tafsīr, Aqīdah, and Fiqh al-Hadīth. He provides complex theories that address the role of Islamic jurisprudence within a Western environment whilst also critically re-analysing the approach of Islamic jurists in forming legal rulings (ifta’) within a Western sociopolitical context.


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00:00 Introduction

03:46 What is the role of Traditional Scholars in the Modern Era?

11:29 Why is there generally a greater focus on individual reformation?

17:11 The relevance of this discussion to the genocide in Gaza

21:25 How do we address the imbalance?

23:40 Does traditional learning prepare students for the challenges of modernity?

27:38 Are the books of Fiqh suitable to deal with contemporary problems?

37:55 Classical scholars addressed classical issues.

38:28 What happens to an Alim graduate upon graduating?

40:26 What is the line between contextualisation and modernisation?

53:34 Considering the other-worldly objectives of Islam.

58:14 WE DON’T REFLECT ON THE QURAN!

1:03:31 All this is summarised in one verse.

1:06:48 Most of the books of Aqida Commentaries focus on the differences between Muslims

1:11:36 Sufis are also Salafis :-)

1:12:35 Closing Remarks

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