Reflexiones en torno al iytihad (esfuerzo personal para la libre interpretación) y su papel dentro del pensamiento musulmán

Abstract

Una de las actividades religiosas e intelectuales mas importantes del pensamiento islámico es el yihad. Supone Ia libre interpretación de los textos y de las cuestiones religiosas relacionadas con el derecho civil y religioso, basándose en El Corán, la Sunna y el J:Iadit, entre otras fuentes islámicas.

The iytihad, in one of the most important religious and intellectual activities of the Islamic thought, that suposses the free interpretation of the texts and religious questions related to the civil and religious Jaw, being based on the sources of Islamic jurisprudence: The Koran, the Sunna and The hadiz and the other sources. There are two types of interpreters, the firsts are disciples of the imams founders of the four rites or official schools of the Islam, and the seconds are the intellectuals, philosophers and writers that enjoy prestige, confidence and authoity among a great mass of the civil society.