ARBIC-3 Sahaba; their Ijitihad and School of thoughts in understanding Quranic Text and its academic importance
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53575/A3.v4.01.22-39Keywords:
Sahabs' Ijtihad, Ijtihad in Tafsir, Major Mufasir SahabAbstract
The generation of Sahaba is only generation, observed the revelation of the Quran-primary source of Islam and its teachings-. They were aware of the surroundings, backgrounds and reasons of its revelations. Whenever they faced any problem about understanding of the Quran, they went to the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) in person during his life-time. When the Prophet died, they tried to understand the meanings of the Quran by its natural method; got aid from Mufasir Sahaba, Arabic Literature of the time. This period showed their understanding abilities, skills to tackle An-Nawazil, and etc. Also the period was the beginning of development of different Islamic sciences. This study will discuss in detail their methods of understanding the Quran, and its major schools of thout in detail.