Ijtihad and the dialectic of Orientalism: Wael Hallaq's critique of the saying " the gate of ijtihad closed."

Abstract

This article aims to uncover the methodological and epistemological mechanisms that Wael Hallaq launched
to refute the theses of Orientalist thought from within its strongholds, as it is a tool of colonialism to impose
its control on the East, including his standing on the principle of separation established by Orientalist
thought between Islamic sciences (jurisprudence and fundamentals), and between Islamic society, by
denying the interactive relationship between thought and reality; To reach a conclusion that the
marginalization of Islamic thought and its lack of connection with social reality, and the claim that the door
of diligence and consideration is closed, which has plunged the Islamic community into a cycle of
backwardness and tradition, from which it did not recover until after the shock of modernity, which raised
embarrassing questions about self and history, and opened its eyes to the achievements Advanced western
civilization.