Khandan-i-Ijtihad: Genealogy, history, and authority in a household of ‘ulama in modern South Asia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x18000598
Abstract: Abstract Revisiting the debate on how Islam's ‘learned men’ (‘ulama) have sustained their religious authority through changing historical circumstances, this article offers a longue durée account of the so-called ‘Khandan-i-Ijtihad’: a family of renowned scholars… read more here.
Keywords: authority; khandan ijtihad; genealogy; south asia ... See more keywords