THE URGENCY OF IJTIHAD

This short but eloquent book is a well-documented and assiduously built thesis is stir up Muslims’ imagination, to awaken them from a state of indolence and to put them on the right track to go ahead with other advanced Nations of the World. Discerning Scholars of Islamic Culture are aware of the fact that the process of Ijtihad had led the Muslims to intellectual creativity so long it was kept in operation and that its closure led to all-round stagnation in the Muslim community for the last one thousand years. The publication boldly breaks new gounds to show that the closure was the motivated work of a band of frustated and self-seeking Ulama of no good repute and that their decision was unwise and invalid. The process of /jtihad must therefore begin to operate now as in the days of old. Otherwise, the Muslims run the risk of being wiped out to oblivion in the irresistible blizzard of changes threatening to transform the 21 st Century human Society.

• AUTHOR: AL HAJ MOINUDEEN AHMED
• PUBLISHER: KITAB BHAVAN