MORAL ISSUES BETWEEN JAHILIYYAT AND ISLAM IN THE WORKS OF IGNAZ GOLDZIER «MUHAMMEDANISCHE STUDIEN» (MUSLIM STUDIES)

Abstract

Morality and religion is one of the most pressing issues of our time. The orientalist Ignaz Goldziher has not left this question unattended either. In a short preface to the first chapter of his work «Muhammedanische studien» (Muslim Studies), entitled «Muruwwa and din» (morality and religion), he discusses the moral standards of the Arabs before Islam and during the advent of Islam, and the willingness of these standards to accept this invitation when the call to Islam begins. I. Goldziher, a consummate scholar in the West, is known among Muslim scholars as an Orientalist who has written various critical articles on Islamic teachings and personalities. In this chapter titled «Muruwwa and din» (morality and religion), it is seen that I. Goldziher used the mentioned method. This paper analyses I. Goldziher's description of the moral standards of the Arabs before and after the advent of Islam and responds to some of the information and criticisms against him.