Islamic Politics According to A Muslim Scholar Ibn Hajar Al-’Asqalany

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10.2991/assehr.k.201113.044How to use a DOI?

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Islamic politics, Ibn Hajar, Al-Ahkam and Fath al-Bari

Abstract

This study wants to explore political thoughts of a major Muslim scholar in the field of prophetic tradition (Hadith) and Islamic studies, namely Ibn Hajar Al-’Asqalany. This study is important because a Hadith expert is often generalized as a textualist, and is not adaptable to changes of time (anti-context). The main questions of this study are whether or not the figure of Ibn Hajar can be included within the category of textualist and anti-context scholars, and what are his thoughts on Islamic politics? This study takes its main data from Ibn Hajar’s seminal work Fath al-Bari, especially on Chapter of Laws (Al-Ahkam); as well as from other Hadith books as a comparison. These data are then analyzed through a descriptive-comparative method. The study finds out that Ibn Hajar is better categorized within the category of contextualist Muslim scholar (‘ulama), whose political thoughts are constructive.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nadirsah Hawari
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/13
TI  - Islamic Politics According to A Muslim Scholar Ibn Hajar Al-’Asqalany
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Raden Intan International Conference on Muslim Societies and Social Sciences (RIICMuSSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 233
EP  - 237
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201113.044
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201113.044
ID  - Hawari2020
ER  -