Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Humanities & Communication
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
8-18-2017
Abstract/Description
Despite his influence and contribution to scholarship in the modern Muslim world, the life and works of ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghudda are underrepresented in Western academic literature. This article is a first initiative at a broader assessment and contextualization of Abū Ghudda’s life and thoughts. I present a picture of a scholar who sought to represent traditional Islam in its most unpopular moments. In particular, I examine Abū Ghudda’s prevailing thoughts and opinions concerning “proper” scholarship and demonstrate how the role of the ʿulamā’ in the thoughts of Abu Ghudda is primarily a continuation of a scholarly tradition rather than starting anew. I analyze Abū Ghudda’s understanding of the role of the ʿulamā’ in light of his disagreements with his strongest detractor, the Salafi Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī.
Publication Title
The Muslim World
DOI
http://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12199
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Hamdeh, E. (2017). The Role of the ʿUlamā’ in the Thoughts of ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghudda. The Muslim World, 107(3). http://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12199
