Modernizing the Holy Prophet's Deeds: The Methods and Instances

Author

Assistant Professor of the Qur'anic Studies and Ja'fari Jurisprudence Department at Islamic Sciences Research Centre, Astane Quds Razavi Islamic Research

10.22081/csa.2019.69067

Abstract

The actions of the Prophet are shaped by the atmosphere of his existence period and must be realized based on the culture of that period. Therefore, given the conditions and requirements of the time change and the general culture and beliefs change, the prophet's behaviors should be modernized based on the features of the time and the custom of the audience. Modernization is not realized by having a glimpse on the texts and behavior of the Prophet. The problem to be investigated in this study is how to analyze the actions and behaviors of the Prophet so that given the situation changes, such a behavior is traceable. By analyzing some behavioral instance of the Prophet and carrying out an analytical-exploratory research, this article showed that by following a five-step process as follows, one may analyze the Prophet's modernized actions: the feasibility for relying on Prophet's act, assuring historical limitations in the Prophet's actions, recognizing the variable teaching in the Prophet's actions, discovering The purpose behind the Prophet's action, and finally reconstructing the Prophet's action. Thus his actions are modernized according to day's cultural conditions.

Keywords

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics