L-R: Prof. Mehraj Uddin Mir, Faculty of Law, University of Kashmir, Justice B.A. Kirmani (Rtd.), Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir, Prof. Khalid Rashid, International Islamic University Malaysia, Dr. M. Manzoor Alam, Chairman of Institute of Objective Studies
Srinagar, July 22: "The door of ijtehad (logical reasoning in approaching issues of Islamic jurisprudence) has been opened wide, not shut, as erroneously believed by many Muslims", chairman of Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam said here on Saturday.
He was speaking at a two-day seminar on the "Theory of Islamic Law: The Methodology of Ijtehad" at Kashmir University, organised in collaboration with the IOS. He said that the door of ijtehad was never shut in the first place, after the days of the Prophet (PBUH) through the times of the four rightly-guided caliphs. In today's complex and fast-changing world the need and justification for ijtehad has only increased.
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