Shāh Walī Allāh's Treatises on Islamic Law
Shāh Walī Allāh's Treatises on Islamic Law

Author: Marcia K. Hermansen

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9781891785467

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Shah Wali Allah’s two important treatises on juristic diversity and the nature of binding and independent authority in Islamic law, Al-In'af fi Bayan Sabab al-Ikhtilaf and 'Iqd al-Jid fi A'kam al-Ijtihad wa-l Taqlid, are here translated from the original Arabic with critical introductions and annotations to the author's sources and the legal issues used to illustrate his arguments. Addressing relevant and crucial contemporary issues, these new scholarly translations of the important treatises provide access to important debates on authority and reform in Islamic legal reasoning. The question of ijtihad (independent critical reasoning) versus taqlid (adherence to the classical schools and rulings of Islamic law) continues to inform contemporary discussions of how Muslims—as individuals and in their institutions and practice—can maintain fidelity and authenticity while addressing the compelling issues of the present age.

Shah Wali Allah
Shah Wali Allah

Author: Hafiz Khan

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780991462100

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This work is concerned mainly with the metaphysical thought of Shah Wali Allah (1114-1176/1703-1762), the greatest Muslim scholar of eighteenth century India. From the intellectual point of view, eighteenth century has a similar importance for the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent as it has for the West. By that time, Shah Wali Allah set out to reformulate the religio-intellectual legacy of Islam in order to reorganize the Muslims on the basis of their religion. The most distinguished feature of this movement was that theological and metaphysical issues were interpreted rationally. Reason was used not as a weapon against religious truth but as instrument for supporting it.

The Conclusive Argument from God
The Conclusive Argument from God

Author: Shāh Walī Allāh

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9004444769

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This important and comprehensive work of 18th-century Islamic religious thought written in Arabic by a pre-eminent South Asian scholar provides an extensive and detailed picture of Muslim theology and interpretive strategies on the eve of the modern period.

Al-Arbain of Sha Wali Allah Ad-Dihlawi
Al-Arbain of Sha Wali Allah Ad-Dihlawi

Author: Shah Wali Allah ad-Dihlawi

Publisher: Turath Publishing

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 0954738063

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In this collection, the great eighteenth-century Hadith master, Shah Wali Allah, transmits forty hadith that he heard directly from his teacher, Sheikh Abu Tahir al-Madani, with an uninterrupted chain of transmission through Imam al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him).

The Socio-political Thought of Shāh Walī Allāh
The Socio-political Thought of Shāh Walī Allāh

Author: Muhammad Ghazali

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 9781565640979

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The Socio-Political Thought of Shah Wali Allah, far from being a study of the subject in isolation, fully reflects this great thinker's holistic manifestation of Divine unity. His thought synthesizes revelation, reason and empirical knowledge to construct a universal paradigm that integrates man's existential concerns with the moral and spiritual purposes of life, blending these seemingly disparate elements into a meaningful whole. The author of this work not only presents an analytical study of Shah Wali Allah's socio-political ideas, but also allows the great sage to speak for himself. He does so by rendering into English significant excerpts pertaining to socio-political matters from his magnum opus, Hujjat Allah al-Balighah.