Thought of Muhammad Abduh and Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Abduh's thoughts

Short History of Muhammad Abduh

Muhammad Abduh was born in Mahaalat Nasr, Egypt in 1849 and died in 1905. From 1869-1877 he studied at Al-Azhar and he received the title "pious". There he met Jamaluddin al-Afghani and became his most loyal student. In 1899, he was appointed Mufti of Egypt. In the same year, he was also appointed as a member of the Shura Council.

The thoughts of Muhammad Abduh

a. Position of Reason and function of revelation

Muhammad Abduh argues that the way to know God is not through revelation but with reason. Besides that, the revelation function according to Muhammad Abduh covers the belief that the soul will continue to live after the physical body is destroyed, helping the mind to know the human condition in the hereafter and giving guidance on how to give thanks by worshiping.

b. Scrape old-fashioned attitudes and khurafat

According to Muhammad Abduh, the cause of the decline of Muslims at the end of the Middle Ages was the old-fashioned attitude. In this attitude implies the attitude of freezing, static, adhering to custom.

c. The door of ijtihad is not closed

Muhammad Abduh initially started the Maliki school, but in al-Azhar he studied the Hanafi School. He respects all schools of thought, but he does not want to be bound to any of them.

d. Education

Another renewal idea in the field of education is to overhaul the dualism system of education.

e. Political

In the political field, Muhammad Abduh argues that state power must be limited by the constitution.

Muhammad Iqbal's thoughts

1. A brief history of Muhammad Iqbal

His full name is Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Nur Muhammad Rafiq. Born in 1877 AD, on Siyalkut in the province of Punjab, India. His father is a Sufi. In 1962, he was elected as a Legislative member in the Punjab province of the Islamic Unity Party.

2. Thought of Muhammad Iqbal

In Iqbal's view, Islam teaches dynamism in which there is dynamic dynamics. Iqbal said that the essence of life is motion, the law of life is creating. With that vital elan Iqbal then insinuated the condition of the Muslims in his time by saying: "Active infidels are better than Muslims who like to sleep".