The position of woman and knowledge in Islamic perspective has been an interesting issue in Islamic studies. One of the female Muslim scholars who focus her studies on feminism is Sa’diyya Shaikh. By exploring Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics, this paper is aimed at explaining the basic concepts of the philosophical hermeneutics of Sa’diyya Shaikh’s “Knowledge, Wom…
Hermeneutics is often suspected as 'not from the Islamic treasury'. Although the topic of interpretation has been introduced by Aristotle in“ On Interpretation,” Hermeneutics became an independent subject in the science of philosophy in the seventeenth century mainly related to theinterpretation of texts and literary works. Another suspicion of the presence of Hermeneutics in Islamic treasu…
Most of traditional Muslim exegetes interpret Q. 4:34 in terms of maintaining the superiority of men over women. Some progressive Muslim scholars then insist a contextual approach to the verse to criticize gender inequality. Among some progressive Muslim scholars, this article comparatively examines the interpretations of Amina Wadud and Mohammed Talbi of Q. 4:34. Although both of them propose …
Many contemporary Muslim scholars argue that Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) is not ready to face the demands of the modern era. Modernity it so powerful that it weakens the foundation of fiqh on the ane hand, and opens up new opportunities that cannot be reached by fiqh on the other. The method that fiqh has introduced is in itself incapable of addressing new issues such as the issue of humam rig…
The philosophy of Islamic Law [ushul al fiqh] has been known as occupying the central position in the whole structure of Islamic jurisprudence. Its method and logic of legal extrapolation has dominated not only the legal sphere of the jurists but also influenced the philosophers and the scholastics in their method and way of thinking. Ushul al fiqh is mainly deductive in its approach and is con…