Open AccessThe Seminar on "The Sunnah and its Methodology for Structuring Knowledge and Civilization"
Author(s) -
Ajiss Jordan Office
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v6i1.2711
Subject(s) - civilization , explication , islam , islamization , parliament , presentation (obstetrics) , sociology , law , political science , library science , politics , epistemology , philosophy , theology , computer science , medicine , radiology
The Seminar on "The Sunnah and its Methodology for StructuringKnowledge and Civilization" was held as the Seventh General Assembly ofthe Jordanian Royal Academy for Islamic Civilizational Research (The AalAl-Bayt Foundation), and in coopertion with the IIIT of Washington, D.C.One hundred and twenty six Muslim scholars took part in the Seminar.The Discussions:The Seminar revolved around three axes. The first included an overviewof previous Sunnah conferences and seminars. The second encompassed currentefforts in compiling and serving the Sunn.ah in the spheres of publication,exacting research, explanation, epitomization; and in whatever pertains tocompilation, indexing, and the utilization of computers in classification. Thethird axis. which included the presentation of nine papers with twocommentaries on each, dealt with the main topic of the Seminar, namely,the explication of the Sunnah. the methodology of utilizing it in argumentation,and the precepts and methods involved therein; the means of comprehendingit and dealing with it in the past and present; and the refutation of the allegationsmade against it. The presentations and commentaries spoke of the Sunnahas a source of knowledge, Islamic legislation, and education-emphaS'izingits role in international law and its function in erecting the Ummah'scultural/inteUectual edifice, and civilization.In addition, three reports on the use of computers in the service of theSunnah were presented at the Seminar. The participants were also informedof the efforts of a number of foundations actively serving the Sunnah in differentparts of the world.There were widespread discussions in the Seminar emphasizing theimportance of the noble Sunnah, since it is the Qur'an and the Sunnah whichconstitute the two main sources of Shari'ah. Together, both sources shouldbe adopted as the cornerstone in building contemporary Islamic life, andas a foundation for the Islamization of the Hwnanities and the Social Sciencesthat would depend on two sources of knowledge: revelation and reason ...