AL-GHAZALI- The Islamic Reformer

Numerous studies have been done on Imam al-Ghazäli 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 (i51äh). It is also true that the study of i91ä11 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 muslihün (Islamic reformers) and to shed some fresh light on the topic of i91äl.1 as a distinctive Islamic duty by introducing a pre- modern scholar as Imam al-Ghazäli as an Islamic reformer. It critically looks at his reformist teachings namely those formu- lated in his magnum opus, Ihyä ‘Ulüm al-Din, and discusses some of the criticism directed at him.

• AUTHOR: MOHAMMED ABU BAKR A AL-MUSLEH
• ISBN 978-967-5062-82-7 9 789675 062827
• ISLAMIC BOOK TRUST, KUALA LUMPUR