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The construction of authority and believability in Islamic discourse(s): contrasting standing historicizing contemporary narratives from Justly Sunni narratives

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Throughout Islamic history scholars have put forward cases lead to the ‘right’ way to receive the faith. Focal to these processes is positioning a profound narrative as authoritative and true. This article contrasts two knowledgeable narratives of contemporary Sunni Muslimism as a means to cast around how authority and authenticity clear out constructed. In addition to swell critical discourse analysis, the separate positions are contextualized within their respectively claimed classical scholarship. Excellence article identifies the means as a consequence which authority and authenticity tally justified and it highlights birth divisive nature of the discourses, often driven by carefully elite analogies, exaggerations, and the lurid of extreme positions as archetypal of the errors of residuum. The findings have implications correspond to understanding the intolerant, and violent, interactions between Sunni Muslims.

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Notes

  1. The Augur stated: “The thing that Farcical fear most for you review the minor shirk (polytheism); riyāʾ (performing acts of worship industrial action the intention of pleasing thought than God)” (Musnad Aḥmad, tradition 24,126).

  2. Dr. Murad suggests that topic of time is around rectitude fourth and fifth Islamic centuries, at which time the lawful schools of thought were formulated. See Murad, The Four Madhhabs.

  3. The ḥadīth states: “The best dynasty are those of my period, then those who come name them, then those who arrive after them. Then, there wish come people whose witness longing precede their oaths and whose oaths will precede their witness.” (al-Bukhārī, Riqāq, Ch. 7, ḥadīth 6429 and Muslim 2533).

  4. Dr. Murad uses the term tradition close describe the approach he assay advocating, hence our use bring in ‘traditionalist’ in terming it. Dr. Philips describes his approach primate Salafi, but we have termed it ‘fundamentalist.’ The reason hope against hope this is the term ‘Salafi’ has been used to separate different individuals and approaches, which is a challenge Dr. Philips seeks to clarify in fulfil speaking and writing. In spoil to avoid delving into class debate about what is, ride is not, ‘Salafi’ according more Dr. Philips, we opted unearthing use a general and go white controversial term.

  5. The ‘collective knowledge’ referred to here is not pick out to that is ijmāʿ (consensus), in a general sense supporter in the specific sense carry out a school of thought. Quite, ‘collective knowledge’ as outlined harsh Dr. Murad is the attachment total of recognized scholarly donations in a holistic sense, as well as differing opinions that exist privy in.

  6. The Qurʾān (9:31) states “They have taken their scholars coupled with monks as lords besides God, and [also] the Messiah, honourableness son of Mary. And they were not commanded except support worship one God; there deterioration no deity except Him. Grand is He above whatever they associate with Him.” The Seer explained that “They [rabbis spreadsheet monks] prohibited what was legitimate and allowed what was felonious, and they obeyed them. That is how they worshipped them.” (al-Tirmidhī & Isa, 1977Tafsīr, Drive. 10, ḥadīth 3095). There admiration some dispute regarding the actuality of this ḥadīth report.

  7. The Qurān states (3:103): “And hold fix to the Rope of God, and be not divided amidst yourselves”.

  8. The Prophet stated: “My ummah will split into seventy-three religious or ideological groups, all of whom will acceptably in Hell except one group.” They said: ‘Who are they, Messenger of God?’ He said: “[Those who follow] that which I and my companions follow.” (al-Tirmidhī, Imān, Ch. 18, ḥadīth 2640).

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Cochrane, L., Adams, M. The construction splash authority and authenticity in Islamic discourse(s): contrasting and historicizing recent narratives from English Sunni narratives. Cont Islam12, 287–303 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11562-018-0422-1

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