Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that the call for the establishment of a new Islamic jurisprudence “lacks objectivity and realism.”
And according to what was published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), on Monday, the General Secretariat added, in a statement, that “Islamic jurisprudence, with its considered jurisprudential schools, and its various jurisprudences, responds to all the demands of modern life, and reconciles its needs with Islamic law, which is evidenced by scientific bodies and academies.” jurisprudence, which practices collective ijtihad.
And she continued, “One of the blessings of God upon Muslims, at this time, is the facilitation of collective diligence through these bodies and academies, which interact positively with the needs of society and its cognitive, social, and economic developments, and the hundreds of decisions issued by these synodal institutions in various fields are clear proof of that.”
It is noteworthy that the Saudi Islamic preacher, Saleh Al-Maghamisi, the former imam and preacher of the Quba Mosque in the Kingdom, said, “It is necessary to establish a new Islamic school of thought,” pointing out that “Islamic jurisprudence is a human industry.”
For his part, the Saudi academic Turki Al-Hamad said, “Muslims do not need new jurisprudence schools, but rather to criticize the heritage accumulated over the ages in a systematic way.”
The Saudi academic stated, via Twitter, that “this heritage has become a burden on Muslims in many aspects, and that today we do not need to increase the heritage load of religion.”
