{"id":7500,"date":"2012-07-27T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2012-07-26T03:43:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T22:43:15","slug":"allama-iqbal-and-his-ijtihaadi-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/allama-iqbal-and-his-ijtihaadi-legislation-7500.html","title":{"rendered":"Allama Iqbal And His Ijtihaadi Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Allama Muhammad Iqbal, one of the greatest thinkers of modem Islam, asserts that ijtihaad can be undertaken not only by an individual jurist but also by a legislative assembly. Emphasising the dynamism and flexibility of Islam, he defended the abolition of the Caliphate (Khilafat) by the Grand National Assembly of modem Turkey as ijtihaad. He said, “Let us now see how the Grand National Assembly has exercised this power of ijtihaad in regard to the institution of the Caliphate. According to Sunni Law the appointment of an Imam or Khalifa is absolutely indispensable. The question that arises in this connection is: should the Caliphate or “Imamat” be vested in a single person?<\/p>