Hujjat al-Islam
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Hujjat al-Islam (
Arabic: حجة الإسلام, romanized: ḥujjat-u l-Islām, Persian: حجةالاسلام or حجتالاسلام, romanized: hojjat-o l-Eslām) is an Islamic honorific title meaning "authority on Islam" or "proof of Islam".[1]
Sunni Islam
Its first recorded use was in a
In the contemporary era,
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi for his debates with scholars of other religions and establishing Darul Uloom Deoband
.
Shia Islam
In
Twelver Shia the title is awarded to scholars. It was originally applied as an honorific to leading scholars, but now the use indicates a status in the hierarchy of the learned below ayatollah.[1]
Its earliest attested use for a Shia personage was during the
Qajar period for Muhammad Baqir Shafti (d. 1843).[1]
See also
- Allamah
- Shaykh of Sufism
- Sheikh ul-Islam
- Ayatollah
- Seghatoleslam
References
- ^ a b c d e Algar, Hamid (23 March 2012). "Ḥojjat-al-Eslām". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XII. p. 426. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012.
- ^ ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Hammad al-Aql, Abdurrahman (2005). "Al-Ustadhun Al-Imam Hujjat al-Islam As-Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida" [Our Master, Imam Hujjat Al-Islam Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida]. Jamharat Maqalat Allamah As-Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Shakir. Dar al-Riyadh. pp. 653–665.