Within the Boundaries of Islam
Subtitle: A Study on Bid'ah
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: may
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789675062650
Description: This modern study on bid'ah - or heretical innovation - critically explores the boundaries of normative Islam and oulines the legal debate surrounding the subject. It examines the influence of foreign elements in Islamic thought, focusing on corrupt religious practices, as well as distorted beliefs, acts of worship and customary practices pertaining to religious expression. Muhammad al-Ghazali also argues for a 'Sufi core' in the reformist tradition, but one that has been stripped of the foreign accretions that have corrupted many Sufi movements.
Table of contents: title: Publisher’s Note; title: Glossary; title: Translator’s Preface; title: Translator’s Introduction; title: Shaykh Muḥammad al-Ghazālī: His Life and Work; title: Introduction; title: 1 Islamic Law—Goals and Methodology; title: 2 Islamic Thought; title: 3 Innovation in Religion; title: 4 Heretical Innovations and Doctrine; title: 5 Heretical Innovations and Acts of Worship; title: 6 Heretical Innovations and Customary Practices; title: Conclusion; title: Index