Contemporary Fatawa of Nahdlatul Ulama

Between Observing the Madhhab and Adapting the Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5834073
AutoresAchmad Kemal Riza (IAIN Kudus, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas35-35
Fecha de publicación2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJOURNAL OF INDONESIAN ISLAM (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1978-6301 • E-ISSN: 2355-6994
EditorialState Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15642/jiis.2011.5.1.35-65
OpenAlexW1988615969
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas17

Fatwa in the circle of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains showing reminiscent of classical period of Islamic jurisprudence. It uses madhhab and taqlid with the employment of classical jurisprudence texts. Being identical in certain crucial features, the NUs version of fatwa, however, is different from classic fatwa in various aspects. Fatwa is collegial, binding and modern. This last aspect remains debatable within the NU. While senior ulama resist the reintroduction of ijtihad in the process of fatwa issuing as a tradition which should be preserved, certain younger ulama in the organization urges the employment of ijtihad to keep up with the demand of modern context. Senior ulama of the NU maintain that taqlid and madhhab is the very essence of their commitment to Islamic law, whereas the younger ulama assert that such attachment will only result in the abandonment of Islamic law altogether by Muslims, especially the NU members. This article shows that dynamic with special reference to what is happening in East Java, the traditional stronghold of the NU

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