Campus News:
"O My Lord increase me in knowledge" Quran.
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Muslims are a spiritual community...Yes or No?
Seeking Allah in this materialistic mayhem.
Answer:
Race for the Hereafter! (((audio)))
khutba at iscj by Faraz Khan
Friday, August 10, 2007
just a REMINDER!!!
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Islamic Studies Seminar with Sh. Jihad Hashim Brown
A seminar presented by the Office of the Muslim Chaplain at Rutgers & New York University as well as the Gibraltar Educational Initiative.
WHEN:
Saturday August 11th from 10am - 5:30pm
WHERE:
The SERC building at Rutgers University
see: http://maps.rutgers.edu/building.aspx?id=289
Please confirm your attendance via Facebook or e-mail (info@omcru.org) and you will be provided with registration materials.
WHAT:
A Look into the World of the
Universal Maxims of Islamic Jurisprudence
Contact InfoPhone:
732.718.2554
Email:
info@omcru.org
al-Taj al-Subki tells us that a qa'idah fiqhiyyah (juristic maxim) is a universal [concept] that applies to manifold particular cases; and according to which the rulings of those particulars can be known. Examples of which are: "Certainty is not dispelled by doubt," "repelling harm is more important than securing benefit," or "the scope of a situation, if straitened, is widened".
A maxim therefore, illustrates a broad (universal) meaning that is common throughout all of the individual cases (particulars) that subsume under its universal heading. The overarching maxim threads this special meaning through all of the individual cases that are encompassed by it. This "special meaning" is very often an indicator of the ratio legis (or rationale = illah) of the legal judgment for the particular case. These rationales that are embedded in the particular cases denote higher purposes with which Islam is ultimately concerned.
We can look for those meanings in new phenomena as we encounter them and the maxims can often give us guidance on what directions to take in these new situations.
In this program we will learn about the field of Universal Juristic Maxims as a subfield of Islamic Jurisprudence; we will gain insight into an intriguing dimension of Islamic Legal Theory; we will also learn more about how these principles form an essential facet of our authentic Islamic world view.