The place of the sunna in the Risāla of al-Šāfiʿī (d. 204/820)

Dr. Ahmad Wagih Professor at the Faculty of Dār al-ʿUlūm, Cairo University icon-calendar Monday June 24ᵗʰ, 2019 In this book, considered as the foundation of the Islamic legal theory, al-Šāfiʿī (d. 204/820) discusses the position of two distinct and opposing groups, the “Iraqis” and the “Hijazis”, on the question of

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Certainty and probability, from theology to the ‘servant’ sciences

Ahmad Wagih ​​Doctor in Islamic Philosophy, Faculty of ​Dār al-ʿUlūm, Cairo University icon-calendar Wednesday October 18ᵗʰ, 2017 Muslim theologians (al-mutakallimūn) relied on the concepts of ‘certainty’ (al-qaṭʿiyya) and ‘probability’ (al-ẓanniyya) to build their theological argumentation and classify knowledge, in order to distinguish between what could be relied on and what

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Mr. Ahmad Wagih

Send him an email: ahmadwagih@gmail.com See his author’s record and his list of publications on Diamond. Ahmad Wagih is Egyptian and lives in Cairo. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Faculty of Dār al-ʿUlūm, Cairo University, followed by a Master’’ and PhD in Islamic

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Ibn Taymiyya (728/1328) and his Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql

Ahmed Waguih PhD candidate in Islamic theology at Dār al-ʿUlūm (Cairo University) icon-calendar May 19, 2015 Ibn Taymiyya (m. 728/1328) is a brilliant author who holds a very special place in the Islamic tradition. He regularly accused the ʿulamāʾ of his time of having a non-critical attitude toward the Islamic sciences,

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