This paper tries to expose critically and analitically the historical dimension of tasawuf as far as its epistemological development is concerned. It argues that as a system of knowledge, tasawuf constitutes part and parcel of the larger Islamic epistemological system and shares with other forms of knowledge in its historical dimension. By referring in particular to the evolution of sufistic id…
This paper focuses on the importance of maqâsid al-sharî‘ah for the effectiveness of ijtihad in Islamic law. The emergence of controversies at the beginning of the tenth century AD on the issue of the closing of the gate of ijtihâd has resulted in the rigidity of Islamic law and its methodological framework. Along with these issues, some contemporary scholars on maqâsid agreed that sharî…
The study deals with the discussion about the validity of hadîth about “the most despised matter by God is divorce” and its invalidity as well as the implication of each status of sahîh and da‘îf which rests in the hadîth towards the concept of lawfulness and detestation of divorce. For certain group of people this hadîth might seem wise, since it would be able to significantly decre…
This article aims to elaborate the ideas of neo-Sufism of KHHaderanie HN, a prominent Sufi scholar in Central Kalimantan. He represents a portrait of Sufism in the contemporary era in Central Kalimantan in particular, and in Indonesia in general. He straightened the correct understanding of Sufism in accordance with the Qur’an and Hadith. This alignment is done because he saw an understanding…