Here he efficiently makes a womans quality equivalent with that of a man. Ibn Rushd continues to take an opportunity to discuss quality of women. Rather, you must take account of yourself and order your worship during the day and the night, assigning to each period of time an activity that must not be neglected nor replaced by another. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in. Al- Ghazl regarded women in the same way, inferior in nature and evil in nature. Your time should not be without any structure, such that you occupy yourself arbitrarily with whatever comes along. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. That precious letter, which is only a couple of pages long, has been reported in its entirety in Miyar al-Mu’rab, an important work of Maliki fatwa compiled by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Wansharisi (d. This article you shared has only heightened my contempt for Ghazali and my admiration of Ibn Rushd. Then he indulged in Ilmul-Kalaam and gained a. He indulged in philosophy, and then he recanted and rejected it. 543), the Maliki faqih and muhaddith, who asked him if it were permissible for one who had a degree of knowledge to make ijtihaad and go against his imam if he thought his position was weak and the position of another imam was strong. Imam al-Ghazzali, the well-known author of the book 'Ihyaa Uloom ad-Deen', was a person of rare level of intelligence, ingenuity and cleverness. Epistle of Imam al-Ghazali to the faqih Abu Bakr Ibn al-‘Arabi al-Qurtubi concerning the obligation for the ‘alim who is not a mujtahid to follow the madhhab of his Imam under all circumstancesĪl-Ghazali explained the obligation of following an imam even if he “assumes “the proof of his Imam is “weak” succinctly in a letter to Abu Bakr Ibn al-‘Arabi (d.