Institut dominicain d’Etudes orientales

Iǧtihād and taqlīd in Sunnī and Šīʿī Islam

Call for papers for MIDEO 36 (2021), Journal of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies

In the context of the Islamic reformism that emerged as early as the 18th century, some Muslim voices were raised against the practice of taqlīd (‘legal conformity’), and which has been accused of being responsible for the decline of the Islamic world. Following the thought of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and the example of Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792), the Yemeni Salafists al-Ṣanʿānī (d. 1768) and al-Šawkānī (d. 1834), the Mughal revivalist Šāh Walī Allāh (d. 1762?), and even the Egyptian thinkers Muḥammad ʿAbduh (d. 1905) and Rašīd Riḍā (d. 1935), all called for the renewal of the practice of ‘reasoned reflection’ (iǧtihād) in Islam, and for overcoming the practice of taqlīd in legal schools, which were considered as ossifying.

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Appel à contribution pour la revue MIDÉO 36 (2021) (Revue de l’Institut Dominicain d’Etudes Orientales

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Dans le contexte du réformisme musulman apparu dès le XVIIIe siècle, certaines voix de l’islam se sont élevées contre la pratique du taqlīd(suivisme), accusée d’être responsable du déclin du monde islamique. À l’instar de Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (m. 1792), des yéménites salafistes al-Ṣanʿānī (m. 1768) et al-Šawkānī (m. 1834), du revivitaliste moghol Šāh Walī Allāh (m. 1762 ?) ou encore des penseurs égyptiensMuḥammad ʿAbduh (m. 1905) et Rašīd Riḍā (m. 1935), tous ont appelé, en s’appuyant notamment sur la pensée d’Ibn Taymiyya (m. 728/1328), à la pratique renouvelée d’une réflexion sur l’islam (iǧtihād), et au dépassement du suivisme des écoles juridiques, considéré comme sclérosant.

Dans ce contexte, il s’en est suivi une critique acérée du taqlīd et une mise en valeur appuyée de l’iǧtihād, l’un et l’autre étant pensés, dans le paradigme du réformisme, comme antagonistes.

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دعوة لتقديم المداخلات لمجلة MIDÉO 36 (2021)، مجلة المعهد الدومنيكي للدراسات الشرقية.

  • الأجل الأقصى: يجب تقديم مقترحات المقالات للتقييم إلى إدارة MIDÉO قبل 1 فبراير 2020.
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في سياق الإصلاحية المسلمة التي ظهرت منذ القرن الثامن عشر، ارتفعت أصوات في الإسلام ضدّ ممارسة التقليد، متّهمةً إياه بالمسؤولية عن انحطاط العالم الإسلامي. على غرار محمد بن عبد الوهاب (ت. 1792)، والسلفيَّين اليمنيَّين الصنعاني (ت. 1768) والشوكاني (ت. 1834)، والمُحيي المغولي شاه ولي الله (ت. 1762؟)، أو المفكّرَين المصريَّين محمد عبده (ت. 1905) ورشيد رضا (ت. 1935)، دعوا جميعاً، مستندين خاصّةً إلى فكر ابن تيمية (ت. 728/1328)، إلى ممارسة متجدّدة للتفكير في الإسلام (الاجتهاد)، وإلى تجاوز تقليد المذاهب الفقهية، الذي عُدَّ متصلّباً.

في هذا السياق، تبع ذلك نقد حادّ لـالتقليد وإبراز مؤكَّد للـاجتهاد، وقد فُهما كلاهما، في براديم الإصلاحية، بوصفهما متضادَّين.

قراءة تتمّة الدعوة: https://www.ideo-cairo.org/fr/2018/10/i%C7%A7tihad-et-taqlid-dans-lislam-sunnite-et-si%CA%BFite/

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