Ikhtilaf
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Ikhtilāf (
Direction in Quran
After Muhammad's death, the Verse of Obedience stipulates that disagreements or Ikhtilaf are to be arbitrated by referring to the Quran and Sunnah. While those in authority are absent from arbitration here, they are mentioned elsewhere in verse 4:83, which includes the passage, "And whenever tidings come unto them, whether of security or fear, they spread it about, whereas had they referred it to the Messenger and to those in authority among them, those of them whose task it is to investigate would have known it."[1] Lalani attributes to the Twelver Imam al-Baqir (d. c. 114/732) this argument,[2] which also appears in al-Jami' li-ahkam al-Quran by the Sunni al-Qurtubi (d. 671/1272).[1]
According to
Hadith
The
as well as rejection of ikhtilaf from the Hadith from the Sunni View.Some Islamic scholars teach that when there is a scholarly disagreement on a certain issue, it is impermissible to condemn a person who follows a position that is different from one's own. The requirement to command the right and forbid the wrong does not apply when there is ikhtilaf upon a position.
However there is doubt as to the authenticity of this statement as to whether it truly came from Muhammad or not. People often quote this statement as a hadith, but it is not mentioned in the
Jurisprudence
The term ikhtilāf al-fuqahā or ikhtilāf al-fiqh, meaning "disagreement of the jurists", refers to the differences of opinions among early
See also
References
- ^ a b Nasr et al. 2015, p. 533.
- ^ Lalani 2000, pp. 63–4.
- ^ Ad-Dahlawi, Waliyullah; Achmad, Bahrudin (19 May 2022). HISTORIOGRAFI IKHTILAF DALAM ISLAM: Al-Inshof fi Bayani Asbabil Ikhtilaf (in Indonesian). Almuqsith Pustaka. pp. 176–178. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ISBN 978-602-6546-29-6. Retrieved 3 December 2022.)
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- ^ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (4:2167), ibn Majah (2:1303), Abu Dawood, and others with slightly different wordings.
- al-Jami al-Saghir Ibn al-HajibMukhtasar
- ^ John L. Esposito (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (Oxford University Press, 2003), s.v. "Ikhtilaf al-Fiqh".
Works cited
- Nasr, S.H.; Dagli, C.K.; Dakake, M.M.; Lumbard, J.E.B.; Rustom, M., eds. (2015). The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary. Harper Collins. ISBN 9780062227621.
- Lalani, Arzina R. (2000). Early Shi'i Thought: The Teachings of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1860644344.