Fear without Power: The Awe of the Contemporary Sunni Scholars (haybat al-ʿulamāʾ)
This paper first discusses the idea of haybat al-ʿulamāʾ in Muslim mediaeval resources in order to give a brief but critical background for this concept as it evolved in modern Islamic ethics. I then examine six discourses produced by well-known contemporary salafi (Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn,...
| Subtitles: | Charisma, Popularity, Power: Grace, Religions and Belief throughout History until the Present |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2025, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 477-494 |
| Further subjects: | B
Charisma
B Islam B Authority |
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| Summary: | This paper first discusses the idea of haybat al-ʿulamāʾ in Muslim mediaeval resources in order to give a brief but critical background for this concept as it evolved in modern Islamic ethics. I then examine six discourses produced by well-known contemporary salafi (Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn, Sayyid Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Ghanī, Saʿd al-Burayk) and Islamist religious scholars (Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr, ʿAlī al-Ṣallābī, Hāni Muḥammed Yūsuf al-Sibāʿī) in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Libya. Finally, I will outline the framework of salafi and Islamist perspectives on how the awe of the religious scholar pertains to his authority. I will also consider the question of how the awe of the scholar either rivals or enhances that of the state (haybat al-dawla). |
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| ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10130 |
