What is Ijtihad? What are its provisions?
Ijtihad literally means persevering in order to accomplish a rather difficult and exhausting duty or labor, as through deep thought.
Theoretically, it means endeavoring to clarify the subjective judgments, which are not fortified by exact and clear proofs; i.e. deducing or inferring judgments from the religious laws of Islam, which are fixed and clear as they are based on Quran, hadith, and ijma -consensus of the community of Muslims.
The Holy Quran is a treasure, so wide and vast in peace and blessings it shows us, and embracing the eternity. It is endless and limitless in knowledge and mystery. The learned persons in each century have benefited from it as much as their understandings allowed, and will continue to do so. The community of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) have benefited from Quran both physically and spiritually, and they will in future.
The Holy Quran is brief and full of fine points; and it is a bountiful treasure containing lots of principles and rules.
Allah says in a holy verse, Everything whether wet or dry is in the Kitab-ul Mubin (Clear Book).
Bediuzzaman explains this verse as follows: According to one interpretation, the Clear Book or Record consists of the Qur'an. This verse states that everything, fresh or dry, is found within it, is that so? Yes, everything is found in it, but not everyone can see everything in it, for those are found at different levels. Sometimes the seeds, sometimes the nuclei, sometimes the summaries, sometimes the principles, sometimes the signs, are found either explicitly, or implicitly, or allusively, or vaguely, or as a reminder. One of these forms is expressed according to need, in a manner suitable to the purposes of the Qur'an and in connection with the requirements of the position.
If everything the humanity will face until the doomsday were clearly present in this divine treasure, then the Quran would be a thousand times thicker than it is now.
As the Imam-ı Sharani says, If our Prophet (pbuh) had not explained the fine points in the Quran, then it would be like a core. Likewise, if the mujtahids-the performers of ijtihad- had not explained the intense and fine points in the Sunnah, it would be left with its summarizing nature.
As is clear, the nearest deed to acceptance in the sight of Allah is the one that is the hardest. The hadith: The most virtuous of deeds is the hardest. is a proof of this. Ijtihad is a holy field of knowledge that calls for a difficult search and a deep inquiry and for the people capable of it, a sacred duty. It is concerned with all the conditions and actions of human beings. In addition, this can be achieved not with word of mouth, but through being a rightful heir of our Prophet (pbuh).
Theoretically, it means endeavoring to clarify the subjective judgments, which are not fortified by exact and clear proofs; i.e. deducing or inferring judgments from the religious laws of Islam, which are fixed and clear as they are based on Quran, hadith, and ijma -consensus of the community of Muslims.
The Holy Quran is a treasure, so wide and vast in peace and blessings it shows us, and embracing the eternity. It is endless and limitless in knowledge and mystery. The learned persons in each century have benefited from it as much as their understandings allowed, and will continue to do so. The community of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) have benefited from Quran both physically and spiritually, and they will in future.
The Holy Quran is brief and full of fine points; and it is a bountiful treasure containing lots of principles and rules.
Allah says in a holy verse, Everything whether wet or dry is in the Kitab-ul Mubin (Clear Book).
Bediuzzaman explains this verse as follows: According to one interpretation, the Clear Book or Record consists of the Qur'an. This verse states that everything, fresh or dry, is found within it, is that so? Yes, everything is found in it, but not everyone can see everything in it, for those are found at different levels. Sometimes the seeds, sometimes the nuclei, sometimes the summaries, sometimes the principles, sometimes the signs, are found either explicitly, or implicitly, or allusively, or vaguely, or as a reminder. One of these forms is expressed according to need, in a manner suitable to the purposes of the Qur'an and in connection with the requirements of the position.
If everything the humanity will face until the doomsday were clearly present in this divine treasure, then the Quran would be a thousand times thicker than it is now.
As the Imam-ı Sharani says, If our Prophet (pbuh) had not explained the fine points in the Quran, then it would be like a core. Likewise, if the mujtahids-the performers of ijtihad- had not explained the intense and fine points in the Sunnah, it would be left with its summarizing nature.
As is clear, the nearest deed to acceptance in the sight of Allah is the one that is the hardest. The hadith: The most virtuous of deeds is the hardest. is a proof of this. Ijtihad is a holy field of knowledge that calls for a difficult search and a deep inquiry and for the people capable of it, a sacred duty. It is concerned with all the conditions and actions of human beings. In addition, this can be achieved not with word of mouth, but through being a rightful heir of our Prophet (pbuh).
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