Kazakh: Құдайға және адамзатқа қызмет ету: Шәйх Мұхаммед Әл-Ғазалидің мұрасы (Book-in-Brief: In Service of God and Humanity: The Legacy of Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali)
About this ebook
This work analyzes al-Ghazali’s critique of du’at (those inviting to Islam) and the practice of da’wah work itself (the call to Islam). It also examines his methodology, various proposed solutions, and the juristic responses to his perspective. The evolution of al-Ghazali’s thought and the people and factors influencing him are key elements of the study. It is hard to conceive where the state of discourse on da’wah and Islamic reform would be without al-Ghazali’s outstanding contributions. The powerful stand he took on the importance of education, the significant weight he gave to a free society, his promotion of a decent standard of living for the poor, the qualities of moral and personal excellence he appealed for, and his compassionate, impassioned role as an educator, all these preserve al-Ghazali’s reputation, both in his own lifetime and for many generations to come, as one of the twentieth century’s most important Muslim intellectual thinkers and reformers. His legacy is founded on a lifetime of service.
About the author
Benaouda Bensaid holds a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Studies (University of El-Emir AbdelKadir, Constantine, Algeria), a Master’s degree in Islamic Revealed Knowledge (International Islamic University, Malaysia), and a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies (McGill University, Canada). He is currently associated with the College of Art and Science, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.