Jurnal Hukum Islam
Vol 18 No 1 (2020)

Critical Discourse The Epistemology of Muhammad Syahrur's Ijtihad

Asep Suraya Maulana (Univeritas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang)
Imam Yahya (Univeritas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang)



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Publish Date
15 Jun 2020

Abstract

Syahrur's offer toward the sceptical-literalist and modernist-secularist attitudes of the Islamic community is, returning to Inzal (al-Qur'an), God's revelation that delivered to the Prophet. This qualitative study, to analyze the epistemology of Syahrur's ijtihad. The results show Syahrur's thinking about epistemology originates from material nature that is beyond human existence. Syahrur in interpreting the ahkam verses still agreed to maintain the purity of the teachings of the Qur'an, which shalah likulli zaman wa makan. According to Syahrur, the truth was based on three pillars, i.e: revelation, reason, and reality. The combination of the 122 Critical Discourse The Epistemology of ......121- 140. (Asep Suraya Maulana) Vol 18 No 1, Juni 2020 ISSN 1829-7382 (Print) 2502-7719 (Online) three resulted in new and modern Islamic legal knowledge. Syahrur's offer, on the theory of scientific historicity, linguistic hermeneutics and Marxist dialectics, shows an attempt to deconstruct science that has been patented in the application of Islamic law. The difference from the concept of classical ijtihad ushul fiqh with the concept of ijtihad Syahrur, i.e: 1) places ijtihad in a vital position for modern Islamic law; 2) ijtihad only at the stage of justifying or forbidding something; 3) requires scientific achievements and modern knowledge systems; 4) allows to ijtihad all legal texts, even though the ulama see as qath'i; and 5) can be done individually

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Abbrev

jhi

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Subject

Religion Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

Focuses on the issue of study Contemporary Islamic Law practices in Indonesia by multidisciplinary approach. This Journal specializes in studying the theory and practice of various topics are Islamic family law, Islamic criminal law, Islamic constitutional law, Islamic private law, Islamic economic ...