Sunday, April 27, 2008

THE GHAZALIAN METAPHOR ON GROWTH

Islam is Fluid and Mobile, but Muslims Seem to be STAGNANT


This is what Al Ghazali said about growth:

In al-Mustaßfå, al-Ghazal• likens Islamic legal theory, and the competence to extract
legal rulings, to a tree cultivated by a man. He explains that the fruits of the tree represent
the legal rulings - which are the purpose for planting the tree in the first place. Its
trunk and branches are the textual material that allows the tree to bear fruit and sustain
them. But in order for the tree to be cultivated, human agency must play its part. The
method used in cultivating the tree is a metaphor for the juristic methods and principles
employed by the cultivator: the cultivator who brings the tree to fruition being, in this
metaphor, is the mujtahid.

Read more:

The Truth About Taqlid (Part I)

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