Research Methodology in the Human Sciences

Over the past century, the Seminary of Qom has witnessed significant scientific advancements in the field of Islamic sciences and has consistently contributed to the enrichment of scholarly discourse. Issues pertaining to Islamic economics have likewise attracted the attention of scholars within this seminary, given their religious and social significance. Employing an analytical-descriptive method, this study seeks to elucidate the role of the Qom Seminary in shaping the preferred methodology of Islamic economics during this period. The methodological development of Islamic economics in the Qom Seminary over the last century commenced with the ideas of Ayatollah Shahabadi and subsequently evolved with the introduction of the theories of Martyr Sadr and the presence of his students in the seminary, coinciding with the Islamic Revolution of Iran. Accordingly, the description of various methodologies-including "formation and claim," "synthesis," "independent theorizing," "deduction of economic theory from the Qur'an and Sunnah," "institutionalism," "codified thought theory," "deduction of sub-systems and macro-systems," "deduction of social rulings," "direct discovery," "the ḥikmī-ijtihādī model," "multi-stage," "external thematic interpretation," and the "empirical method"-all of which emerged within the intellectual milieu of the Qom Seminary over the past century, clarifies this institution's contribution to the growth and maturation of methodological perspectives in Islamic economics.