Moderation in the History of Islamic Civilization: a Preliminary Study
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"Moderation" is not a new term in our political culture, but it is a term that has recently been frequently used, finding its way into our governmental planning and policy-making. There will be difficulties if such terms are not accurately accounted for and if no agreement is made over the notions involved in them. "Moderation" has been a focus of attention in Islamic religious texts, as a religious value, based on an epistemic foundation different from its well-known Aristotelian one. It has appeared in different forms in various layers and dimensions of the Islamic civilization. In order to evaluate the thesis of "moderation as a feature of the Islamic civilization", an extensive study is called for. As a first step towards such an enormous project (aiming at providing a model for similar researches), the present paper examines the uses of the world 'al-iqtiṣād' (meaning moderation) in hadiths, texts of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), ethics, literature, politics, history, as well as the science of rhetoric, arriving at the conclusion that not only has "moderation" had its origin in religious sources, but it has also been common in Islamic society, affecting different aspects of the Islamic civilization. If such a finding is consistent with the results of other complimentary studies, then we can have more confidence that moderation was a feature of the Islamic civilization.
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Persian
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Journal of Philosophy & Theology, Volume:19 Issue: 3, 2014
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40
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