TY - JOUR AU - Evazpour, Mehdi AU - Akvani, Hamdallah PY - 2022/12/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - FIQH FOR ACTION: JIHADI SALAFIST AND RETHINKING IN SALAFI JURISPRUDENTIAL FOUNDATIONS JF - Politics and Religion Journal JA - PolRel VL - 13 IS - 1 SE - TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE DO - 10.54561/prj1301055e UR - https://politicsandreligionjournal.com/index.php/prj/article/view/109 SP - 55-77 AB - <p>Albeit sharing “Salafism” in name, Jihadi Salafist movement is different from the mainstream Salafism in multiple respects. Among others, it’s <em>Fiqh</em> (jurisprudence) distinguishes it from other Salfi strands, since Jihadi Salafist established their own underlying <em>fiqh</em> principles. To put it into perspective, their understanding of Salafist jurisprudence principles is characterized by three main features: firstly, it serves collective actions and social agitation; secondly, it excuses its proponents’ autonomous actions: and finally, it theorizes individual instead of institutionalized actions. This study hypothesizes that the Jihadi Salafist movement tends to advance these actions in the light of revisiting the all-important principles of <em>ijtihad, tawhid, iman, tazkya.</em> While complying with official institutes issuing <em>fatwa (</em>religious edict<em>)</em> and dominant social and political order and its gradual amendment is prescribed by Salafism <em>fiqh</em>, Jihadi Salafism demands abiding by <em>Quran</em> and <em>Sunna</em>, and encourages abolishing official institutes in favor of collective and violent actions. The current paper aims to explore Salafists’ atypical understanding of main Salafist theoretical principles and its impact on proceedings and violence in Jihadi Salafist movement.</p> ER -