Description:Numerous studies have been done on Imam al-Ghazali (1058-1111) in almost all major languages. So much is the academic attention given to him, and deservedly so, that it is difficult to find any element of originality in a new study on him. Various aspects of his life and thought have yet to be adequately studied, one of them being his role in Islamic reform (islah). It is also true that the study of islah as a separate topic is somewhat new, and available literature on the subject is limited within the views and the achievements of a number of distinguished scholars in the modern times.This work attempts to discover part of the rich legacy of the muslihun (Islamic reformers) and tho shed some fresh light on the topic of islah as a distinctive Islamic duty by introducing a premodern scholar as Imam al-Ghazali as an Islamic reformer. It critically looks at his reformist teachings namely those formulated in his magnum opus, Ihya 'Ulum al-Din, and discusses some of the criticism directed at him.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Al-Ghazali The Islamic Reformer: An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform. To get started finding Al-Ghazali The Islamic Reformer: An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
308
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Islamic Book Trust
Release
2012
ISBN
9675062827
Al-Ghazali The Islamic Reformer: An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform
Description: Numerous studies have been done on Imam al-Ghazali (1058-1111) in almost all major languages. So much is the academic attention given to him, and deservedly so, that it is difficult to find any element of originality in a new study on him. Various aspects of his life and thought have yet to be adequately studied, one of them being his role in Islamic reform (islah). It is also true that the study of islah as a separate topic is somewhat new, and available literature on the subject is limited within the views and the achievements of a number of distinguished scholars in the modern times.This work attempts to discover part of the rich legacy of the muslihun (Islamic reformers) and tho shed some fresh light on the topic of islah as a distinctive Islamic duty by introducing a premodern scholar as Imam al-Ghazali as an Islamic reformer. It critically looks at his reformist teachings namely those formulated in his magnum opus, Ihya 'Ulum al-Din, and discusses some of the criticism directed at him.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Al-Ghazali The Islamic Reformer: An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform. To get started finding Al-Ghazali The Islamic Reformer: An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.