THE IGNORANCE (CEHL) IN ISLAMIC LAW AND ITS LEGAL EFFECTS
Abstract
İslam erdered to have religious knowledge and compare it to light resource that brighten
the dark; and detract the ignorance (cehl) and compare it to darkness. To have the
knowledge is having priority to responsibility, word and action; and without the knowledge,
they do not have authenticity. The meaning of "to know" which is the basic requirement ofresponsibility,
does not always mean to have the knowledge, but to have possibilty for
knowledge or the ways to knowledge.
Because of the fact that knowledge is an important criteria to hold the people for
responsibility, the ignorance (cehl) which is antonymous of the knowledge must be known
clearly, for any situations it can be an exeuse and acceptable as excluding liability. For this
reason, in this article we tried to explain the parts and esence of ignorance (cehl), and
which directions of the ignorance are acceptable as exeuse or not.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Muharrem Önder
This is me
Publication Date
December 15, 2010
Submission Date
September 15, 2010
Acceptance Date
October 15, 2010
Published in Issue
Year 2010 Volume: 14 Number: 2