Concession and Following the Truth in the Fatwā of ʿAllāmah al-Qaraḍāwī: A Juristic Uṣūlī Study Compared to the Opinions of Other Scholars
الترخص واتباع الحق في فتوى العلامة القرضاوي: دراسة فقهية أصولية مقارنة بآراء علماء آخرين
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https://doi.org/10.31436/ijfus.v8i1.332Keywords:
Concession, following the truth, al-Qaraḍāwī, facilitation approach, fatwāAbstract
This research aimed to explain the way of concession (tarakhkhuṣ) in uṣūlī ijtihād, and the extent of its conformity with the facilitation approach for which the scholar of the present era and jurist of the time, Imam al-Qaraḍāwī, is famous. The study dealt with explaining the legal foundations of the way of concession, its definition, ruling, regulations, and then explaining the facilitation approach according to Shaykh al-Qaraḍāwī, and mentioned a number of his fatāwā and the fatāwā of some of his contemporaries regarding this, then studied and analyzed them. The study attempted to answer the problem of expanding the way of facilitation and concession in fatāwā of Imam al-Qaraḍāwī, and whether it is consistent with the correct uṣūlī approach that is based on the legal text and the evidence of ijtihād approved by the scholars, who were the imams of Islamic jurisprudence and uṣūl. Then, is this facilitative approach a method that distinguished al-Qaraḍāwī from other muftīs of his time? Or did others agree with him, and did they follow the same approach in their answers and fatāwā? The study followed the analytical and comparative approaches and concluded that the approach of facilitation in fatwā is the authentic approach of Sharīʽah, followed by the Companions - may God be pleased with them - and the imams of jurists and uṣūlī scholars who came after them, in accordance with the legal regulations that they stipulated in their books and writings. Imam al-Qaraḍāwī followed this correct approach, and others followed him in the same way, and we see this clearly when we follow their statements and fatāwā even if they did not declare support for this approach, but rather they increased their slander against those who followed and supported it. This is the essence of the dispute between them and al-Qaraḍāwī, as he declared this and compiled books to support it and provide regulations for it. He believed that this is the true approach called for by the Qur’ān and demonstrated by the Sunnah of the Prophet upon him be the best prayers and complete peace.
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