Reflection on the Significance and Contextuality of Traditional Muslim Methodology
Keywords:
Modern Muslims’ writings, traditional Muslim methodology, Western ideas, significance (dalālah) and contextuality (siyāq)Abstract
Generally, modern Muslims’ writings are overshadowed with mainstream Western ideas even on such basic things as methodology, simultaneously ignoring established traditional Muslim methodology. This Muslim methodology is established in pre-modern time when the golden era of Muslim intellectualism is at its pinnacle, witnessing Muslim intellectuals coming into being with their works penetrating many fields. Of the pillars underpinning their methodology are its significance and contextuality interesting for an investigation in order to assert the relevancy of the methodology in the modern mainstream.
