Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / by Muhammad Al-Atawneh.
2010
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Title
Wahhabi Islam facing the challenges of modernity : Dar al-Ifta in the modern Saudi state / by Muhammad Al-Atawneh.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Call Number
KBP69.S33 A387 2010
Former Call Number
Islam 300 AL12 2010
ISBN
9789004184695 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004184694 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004184694 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description
xxii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)607323426
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
ix
Map of Arabia
xi
Introduction
xiii
ch. One
Muftis and Fatwas in Saudi Arabia: Background
1
The Genealogy of Wahhabi Muftis
3
Ifta' Intitutional Manifestations
6
The Early Fatwas and the Formation ofWahhabi Islam
10
ch. Two
Dar Al-Ifta Today
17
The Board of the Senior Ùlama' (BSU)
17
The Permanent Committe for Scientific Research and leagl Opinion (CRLO)
24
The Grand Mufti
30
Shaykh 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz
31
ch. Three
Muftis, State and Society
35
Muftis and King in Tandem
35
Wulat al-Amr: Ùlama', Umara' and the Question of Authority
37
Muftis and Politics
42
Muftis in Society
51
ch. Four
Modern Wahhabi Jurisprudence
55
Salafism as the Spririt of Wahhabi Legal Thorught
55
Legal Theory
57
Ijtihad
64
Taqlid and the School of Law
71
Methodology: Tarjih and the Evaluation of Evidence
77
ch. Five
Bid'a Vis-a-Vis Sunna: The Limits of Change
83
Bid'a in Islamic Law
84
Bid'a in Wahhabi Thought
87
The Limits of Change: The Prohibited
93
1.
Exalting Islamic Historical Sites
93
2.
Celebration and Remembrance
94
3.
Women in Saudi Society
99
4.
Leisure Time and Entertainment
107
ch. Six
Wahhabism Applied: Flexibility Towards Change
115
Flexibility towards Change: The Permissible
115
1.
Visual Media
115
2.
Financial Matters
121
3.
Medical Issues
134
Conclusions
147
Appendix A
Translated Decisions of BSU
151
1.
Wife's Disobedience
151
2.
Population Control
153
3.
Autopsy
154
4.
Limiting Dowries
155
5.
Cornea Transplants
157
6.
Sighting the Creascent Moon [of Ramadan] at Observatories
158
7.
Drug Smuggling and Trafficking
159
8.
Terrorism
161
Appendix B
Translated Fatwas of CRLO
163
1.
Islamic Mystic Sects and Movements
163
2.
Celebrations and Remembrance
164
3.
Modern Science and Technological Innovations
167
4.
Financial Matters
170
5.
Women's Issues
173
Appendix C
Al al-Shaykh-Genealog of Prominent Muftis
180
Appendix D
Modern Sa udi Institution of Ifta'
181
Glossary of Arabic Terms
183
Bibliography and Sources
189
Index
203