Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Concept of Ijtihad in Islam | August 13. 2007

Full lecture
Clip length
31 sec
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Topic for 10 days is Ijtihad
“Rabbi ishrah li sadri...”
11 min 15 sec
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Ijtihad: meaning, need, and example
“Topic for 10 days is Ijtihad.”
4 min 7 sec
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Three sources of Islamic learning from hadith
“I think the categorization is not correct.”
1 min 1 sec
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Ijtihad means intellectual effort
“Ijtihad literally means to strive.”
1 min
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Door of Ijtihad is not closed
“Some scholars claim the door is closed.”
3 min 2 sec
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Ijtihad as a continuous process
“Some scholars claim the door of Ijtihad is closed.”
1 min 1 sec
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Islam as a flowing river
“Situation is like a flowing river.”
4 min 5 sec
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Example of camel and Hajj shows Ijtihad
“I will give an example to illustrate this point.”
18 min 25 sec
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Rejecting Dar al-Islam/Kufr through Ijtihad
“People generally take some trivial matters.”
5 min 41 sec
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All countries are Dar al-Insan
“We have to apply the principle of Ijtihad.”
1 min
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Prophet never called Mecca Dar al-Kufr
“The Prophet never said Mecca is Dar al-Kufr.”
3 min 4 sec
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Three sources not four: Quran, Sunnah, Ijtihad
“I will repeat, those scholars are wrong.”
18 min 50 sec
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Three sources, Ijtihad not revision, modern applications
“I will repeat, those scholars are wrong.”
1 min 1 sec
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Ijtihad is not revisionism
“Ijtihad is not revisionism.”
6 min 7 sec
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Secular democracy is Islamic not un-Islamic
“For example, let us take secularism.”