INSIDAFIâI Luthfi Hadi Aminuddin* Abstract: This work is based on historcal Islamic legal development especially discourse of closing ijtiha>d âauthorityâ. Muslem and non-moslem specialist writers sure that this discourse happened pasca aâimmat al-madha>hib phase. This phase refers to the era when the creative thinking is stagnant. Amount of Shafiâithe ulama> who state a binding ruling in religious matters of closing ijtiha>d authority, according to them, are responsible. This paper is to show that closing ijtiha>d âauthorityâ discourse (insida>d ba> al-ijtiha>d) begins from the times when al-Ghaza>li>, al-Ra>fiâi>, and al-Nawa>wi> clasify mujtahid prerequsites.Their âmujtahid qualificationsâ are efforts which can close ijtiha>d âauthorityâ (bab> al-ijtiha>d). Mujtahids did do Ijtiha>d as a creative thinking such as insha>âi> and intiqa>âi>. But they did this as mujtahid muntasib, mujtahid fi> al-madhhab or al-mujtahid al-murajjih} as a different level from mujtahid mustaqill. As}ha>b al-Sha>fiâi> such as al-Muzani>, al-Buwayt}i>, a-Juwayni>, al-Shayra>zi>, al-Ghaza>li>, al-Ra>fiâi> and al-Nawa>wi> standardize istinba>t} method which Sha>fiâi> formulated. Keywords: Insida>d Ba>b al-Ijtiha>d, Dissenting Opinion, Tah}ri>r, Ijtiha>d Intiqa>âi>, Takhri>j.Â
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