A Guide for a Perplexed Ibn Khaldun’s Approach to Muslim Instruction of Philosophy

Machouche, Salah (2021) A Guide for a Perplexed Ibn Khaldun’s Approach to Muslim Instruction of Philosophy. In: Symposium on the Emergence and Issues in Islamic Philosophy, Virtual. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Teaching philosophy continues to represent a hot issue of debate among Muslim scholars. Many leading Muslim scholars have contributed enormously to this debate including al-Ghazali (d. 1111) and Ibn Rushd (d. 1138). Ibn Khaldun, another noteworthy scholar, adopted al-Ghazali’s criticism of the advocates of the transmission of Greek philosophy. Ibn Khaldun did not produce any independent work on philosophy, however, he devoted an entire chapter to its rebuttal “The refutation of Philosophy and the Corruption of its learners (Ibṭal al-Falsafah wa Fasād Muntaḥilīhā). Still, the Muqaddimah provides a rich source for the building of relevant and well-developed instruction of Muslim philosophy. This study seeks to discuss Ibn Khaldun’s broad educational guidelines on teaching philosophy for Muslim students and draw some comparisons with other Muslim scholars. This research showed that Ibn Khaldun’s criticism of philosophy is constructive and yet remains open for discussion. It welcomes reasonable justification for the teaching of philosophy for Muslim students. Ibn Khaldun’s work though indirectly provides instrumental educational guidelines necessary for the filtration of Muslim philosophy from unwanted elements grounded in Greek metaphysics, epistemology, and worldviews.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Islamic learning, Ibn Khaldūn Muslim philosophy. Muqaddimah
Subjects:	BPL Islamic education BPL Islamic education > BPL27 Aims and objectives of education. Sustainable education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of General Studies
Depositing User:	Assist Prof Salah Machouche
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2021 10:03
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2021 10:03
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/92519

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