tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89192658771380272562024-03-13T09:00:47.751+00:00Mahdi LockMahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-33173636561336698852023-12-24T09:55:00.000+00:002023-12-24T09:55:21.275+00:00Disposing of Interest in One's Bank Account<p> <i>A translation of <a href="https://www.naseemalsham.com/fatwas/view/53009" target="_blank">this fatwa</a> from Naseem al-Sham</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dCV4AjFCAEPM5BegvBToEK7RNmkXy_zIopwN6Jgk2DcqH1TiImNQIOOHeGz2ghGo2xiq0q1XYDdtaUz-LssbTVx18pa6IusPQZRUT0g-NWIHe-GTbirAI0QYsNyzBdVY9prYdsMZyEe0QQyY-fZqE7YruTJhSHN8wVD0tMniq5bCPKF77xQpC71VP_Cs/s1180/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1180" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dCV4AjFCAEPM5BegvBToEK7RNmkXy_zIopwN6Jgk2DcqH1TiImNQIOOHeGz2ghGo2xiq0q1XYDdtaUz-LssbTVx18pa6IusPQZRUT0g-NWIHe-GTbirAI0QYsNyzBdVY9prYdsMZyEe0QQyY-fZqE7YruTJhSHN8wVD0tMniq5bCPKF77xQpC71VP_Cs/w400-h248/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Question:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As-Salām ʿalaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakatuh. My question
is as follows: I have a balance of money in the Real Estate Bank<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Blog/Fatwa%20on%20Disposing%20Usurious%20Interest.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
and the last time I inquired about the balance, there was an additional
interest amount of approximately 230,000 lira. Please tell me how I can legitimate
this money. What is the method? As far as I know, this interest amount is unlawful.
Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Answer (Imam Muḥammad Tawfīq Ramaḍān):<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The addition to the principal amount is neither yours nor the
bank’s; it is akin to lost money that should be given to public interests. You
may use it to help the homeless and those in need, or give it to someone who
needs it for treatment, for example, or to drill a well, or to extend an
electricity line to someone who does not have one, and so on.</span></span></p><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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Ar. <i>Al-Bank Al-</i><i>ʿAq</i><i>ār</i><i>ī</i>:
https://www.reb.sy/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><i></i><p></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-79010338919240855052023-11-26T19:14:00.000+00:002023-11-26T19:14:04.554+00:00When children go back to Allah...<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Extracts from </i><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/imam-jal%C4%81l-ad-d%C4%ABn-as-suy%C5%AB%E1%B9%AD%C4%AB-and-mahdi-lock/the-opening-of-the-hearts/paperback/product-vqwqy6.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">The Opening of the Hearts</a> <i>by Imam
Jalāl ad-Dīn as-Suyūṭī, may Allah have mercy on him</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAvkZjnzviOhvzL6QSnY2WAaJP0Z0FNICgZDz5660twE9FFP5_y9z9NRCdFXiEtefcqGuYRrMYQrxd33nYME2ZqpUyrOSfN1qzc4hyphenhyphen_WIbcailfWVu6Hin-YRQZbF-tSTd8eNeo6TTEcvH-GqzjfAPBAMgBQz91qr3GNWc0fj88HxBl7pNMHV5FcmwnPr/s1022/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="899" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAvkZjnzviOhvzL6QSnY2WAaJP0Z0FNICgZDz5660twE9FFP5_y9z9NRCdFXiEtefcqGuYRrMYQrxd33nYME2ZqpUyrOSfN1qzc4hyphenhyphen_WIbcailfWVu6Hin-YRQZbF-tSTd8eNeo6TTEcvH-GqzjfAPBAMgBQz91qr3GNWc0fj88HxBl7pNMHV5FcmwnPr/w351-h400/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD.webp" width="351" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">439) Ibn Abī ad-Dunyā has
narrated on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, who said, ‘When
someone dies, his child<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/Sharh%20as-Sudur%20FINAL%20DRAFT_Nawa%20Books%20Edition.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> receives him just as he would
receive someone who has been away’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;">
</p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1009) Ibn Abī ad-Dunyā has narrated in the book <i>al-</i><i>ʿ</i><i>Az</i><i>āʾ</i> on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased
with both of them, who said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, {Every child born in Islam<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/Sharh%20as-Sudur%20FINAL%20DRAFT_Nawa%20Books%20Edition.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> is a fresh youth in Paradise,
saying, ‘O Lord, bring my parents to me.’}’</span></p><div>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/Sharh%20as-Sudur%20FINAL%20DRAFT_Nawa%20Books%20Edition.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-CA"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-CA"> </span>(tn): i.e. his child who passed away before him.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/Sharh%20as-Sudur%20FINAL%20DRAFT_Nawa%20Books%20Edition.docx#_ftnref1">[2]</a> (tn): i.e. and passes away as a child.</span></div></div></div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-26980707655080702152023-11-24T11:55:00.004+00:002023-11-24T13:35:00.965+00:00Why is it called 'al-Muqaddasah'?<p><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-symbol-font-family: "AGA Arabesque";"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: "AGA Arabesque";">)</span></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic",serif;">يَٰقَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ
ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِى كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِكُمْ
فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic"; mso-symbol-font-family: "AGA Arabesque";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: "AGA Arabesque";">(</span></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Simplified Arabic",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";">“My people! Enter the Holy Land (<i>al-Ar</i></span></b><b><i><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Gentium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";">ḍ</span></i></b><b><i><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";"> al-Muqaddasah</span></i></b><b><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";">) that Allah ordained
for you. Do not turn back in your tracks and thus become losers.” [al-Māʾidah
5:21]</span></b></p></blockquote><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithawZH8XMgHeYvZ-AJNSsfPMbBSJKveOql8gi3Kco8sdHAlvQr4_BFP0MEdx24KJxqdzccuGigNx1i4E0JK3HZVNS4zrCeJ7di4OJsvBpmqPvkZH_OW7w5LsAGd5ROyaYpt9Zys-9_XUBTcstMHQIR5wIwIdPM-LGjwJr0iCWluH8TZYidjNZFDjBtGla/s630/Jerusalem%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="630" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithawZH8XMgHeYvZ-AJNSsfPMbBSJKveOql8gi3Kco8sdHAlvQr4_BFP0MEdx24KJxqdzccuGigNx1i4E0JK3HZVNS4zrCeJ7di4OJsvBpmqPvkZH_OW7w5LsAGd5ROyaYpt9Zys-9_XUBTcstMHQIR5wIwIdPM-LGjwJr0iCWluH8TZYidjNZFDjBtGla/w400-h190/Jerusalem%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";">Imam ʿAbdur <span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 107%;">Raḥmān</span> ibn al-Jawzī (d.597 AH) : ‘Regarding
the meaning of <i>al-muqaddasah</i> there are two positions. The <b>first</b> is
that it is purified (<i>muṭahharah</i>), which was stated by Ibn ʿAbbās and az-Zajjāj,
who said, “A bucket (<i>saṭl</i>) is called <i>qadas</i> because one purifies
oneself from it”. It was called Bayt al-Maqdis because one purifies oneself of
sins therein. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has also been said that
it was called <i>muqaddasah</i> because it was purified of idolatry and made an
abode for the Prophets and the believers. <b>The second</b> is that it is
blessed (<i>mubārakah</i>), which was stated by al-Mujāhid.’ [<i>Zād al-Masīr fī
ʿIlm at-Tafsīr </i>(Beirut: Dār Ibn Hazm, 1423/2002), 370. See also <i>Faḍāʾil
Bayt al-Maqdis</i> by the same author (Beirut: Dār Ibn Hazm, 1400/1980), 67]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">For further knowledge from this tafs<span style="font-family: Gentium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Simplified Arabic";">ī</span>r, listen from 58:10 of <a href="https://youtu.be/jNghiLjK408?si=EFZpxujt5RRyuD89" target="_blank">this video</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-13050598099909413282023-11-16T14:34:00.001+00:002023-11-16T14:34:42.395+00:00If My slaves ask you about Me, I am near.<p> <i>A translation of <a href="https://www.naseemalsham.com/fatwas/view/15750" target="_blank">this fatwa</a> from Naseem al-Sham</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfR5yy0zsiSKZunvOGpQBB_m6SvNXquizqFEKb6BtT3ZQ2q0z5tC8ZAhLFg7r7KINhkWTc4lNdMcXWpk6C64v44nN_NyE5QBg5sVO3B1X5hVO2TyHRQUX-QlPngdqwMiu6sFGXFeGy4y0sdaUK6gxZY8bWteDfSKvaRxBt7QLmWqhIEaLD0dvLIzv214Vq/s828/Man-sitting-under-tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="828" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfR5yy0zsiSKZunvOGpQBB_m6SvNXquizqFEKb6BtT3ZQ2q0z5tC8ZAhLFg7r7KINhkWTc4lNdMcXWpk6C64v44nN_NyE5QBg5sVO3B1X5hVO2TyHRQUX-QlPngdqwMiu6sFGXFeGy4y0sdaUK6gxZY8bWteDfSKvaRxBt7QLmWqhIEaLD0dvLIzv214Vq/w400-h280/Man-sitting-under-tree.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Question:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Respected Sheikh Mu<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ḥ</span>ammad Shuqayr,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">By Allah, I love your words.
Please. Is there any fatwa that allows a person to kill himself, even if it is by
way of a drug? For a long time, I have not wanted to live. I have lived my
whole life reluctantly. Everywhere I turn, I face tribulations. I have only
experienced a few happy days in my entire life. Everything is difficult. I have
responsibilities, I have to be patient. And so on and so forth. In my
childhood, I decided to be devout and committed, because I was raised that way
and I knew it was the best way. I have knocked on Allah’s door and I continue
to do so. I memorised Allah’s book and I spent many years doing so, trying to
get out of what I was in, or to improve the state of my affairs. I performed
the <span style="font-family: Gentium;">ʿ</span>Umrah, and then the <span style="font-family: Gentium;">Ḥ</span>ajj. Maybe it is accumulated sins. Maybe it
is disobedience. I have not found a way out. I am always feeling remorse over
my sins, and regret, and I cannot rid myself of it. Maybe an hour that I spend in
the gatherings of knowledge helps me forget, but it all comes back as soon as I
leave. I am not prepared to live anymore. I have become weary. There is no
benefit in my life, whatever I do and whoever I am. I feel there is no point in
doing anything. Please give me some guidance, and may Allah reward you. To
Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Answer (Sheikh Rushdi Sal<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ī</span>m al-Qalam):</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Praise be to Allah and He
suffice, and peace be upon His Messenger, al-Mu<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ṣ</span><span style="font-family: GentiumAlt;">ṭ</span>af<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ā</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To proceed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It is not permissible for a
person to kill himself, regardless of the reasons, because the spirit that is
between your two sides belongs to Allah, the Unique, the Dominant. Allah,
Mighty and Majestic is He, has created life and death as a trial and as a choice,
so be patient with what Allah has tested you with. Give glad tidings to the
patient, and Allah is with the patient. Know that Allah is Forgiving, Most
Merciful; He accepts the repentance of His slaves. It is not from our Religion
that we punish ourselves. We know that Allah accepts the repentance of His
sinning slave if they repent and fulfil the conditions of repentance and
turning back to Allah the Exalted. Attend more gatherings of knowledge, keep
the company of the righteous, and open a new page between you and Allah; you
will find that Allah is Forgiving, Most Merciful. And if you want something, do
not ask anyone but Allah. <b>“If My slaves ask you about Me, I am near. I
answer the call of the caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond
to Me and believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided.” </b>[al-Baqarah
2:186]</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">[The answer is from Sheikh Rushdi
Sal<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ī</span>m al-Qalam because Sheikh Mu<span style="font-family: Gentium;">ḥ</span>ammad Shuqayr is very busy these days.]<o:p></o:p></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-8622942511075148422023-08-17T17:44:00.000+01:002023-08-17T17:44:35.132+01:00Book Release: Depression & Anxiety: The Causes & Treatment According to the Qur'an<p> <i>Alhamdulillah, the book is now available from <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/depression-anxiety-the-causes-treatment-according-to-the-quran" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a> (as well as <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9811876363?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_41K04Q5TQBJBS66J0Z45_1" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mtyfrnk4" target="_blank">Lulu</a>)</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TPG_dcG0wBN8E8-pDr9yiHe6jIOtjfxiaCRd8LXBwlAaRu7xbIYuHR8zC_Fk_Q_vB-Yo78hjH8XTBFQBLkK_AZBn-fcnkFjtzd5mRflxtCuj0O5jk01cUiCcIxqWlLhnfBvQz5597D-9I7wrjOXDljgwoP3VmPTd-z_tClVMVhk210PHUWJ1PerZQPRC/s1600/Depression%20Book%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1035" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TPG_dcG0wBN8E8-pDr9yiHe6jIOtjfxiaCRd8LXBwlAaRu7xbIYuHR8zC_Fk_Q_vB-Yo78hjH8XTBFQBLkK_AZBn-fcnkFjtzd5mRflxtCuj0O5jk01cUiCcIxqWlLhnfBvQz5597D-9I7wrjOXDljgwoP3VmPTd-z_tClVMVhk210PHUWJ1PerZQPRC/w414-h640/Depression%20Book%20cover.jpeg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">In a world plagued by depression and anxiety,<i> <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/depression-anxiety-the-causes-treatment-according-to-the-quran" target="_blank">Depression and Anxiety: The Causes and Treatment According to the Qurʾān</a></i> explores these ailments from a unique perspective. Based on the teachings of Imam Muhammad Saeed Ramadan al-Bouti, this groundbreaking book unveils hidden causes often overlooked within a secular paradigm. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Delving into different types of depression and anxiety linked to specific causes, it emphasizes the role of a strengthened relationship with Allah in finding healing and empowerment. This book offers spiritual enrichment, guiding readers to lessen their attachment to this world, purify their hearts and souls, and understand the purpose of their existence. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">By drawing nearer to Allah and embracing the teachings of the Qurʾān, readers gain the competence and strength to face life's challenges without succumbing to anxiety or depression. With insightful appendices and additional resources, <i><a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/depression-anxiety-the-causes-treatment-according-to-the-quran" target="_blank">Depression and Anxiety: The Causes and Treatment According to the Qurʾān</a></i> provides the tools for a deeper understanding, guiding individuals towards the emotional well-being and inner peace that comes from being close to one's Lord. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And with Allah alone is every success.</div></div></div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-77578283873164305722023-05-17T15:37:00.001+01:002023-05-18T13:06:53.120+01:00Book Release: Al-Fiqh Al-Manhaji: A Systematic Manual According to the Madhhab of Imam Ash-Shafi'i, Volume 1, Purification & Prayer<p><i>Alhamdulillah, the book is now available from <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/alfiqh-almanhaji" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hDu6hJPJgUSfteUP-O5wDlHM47pHKy6W7PA1cdMVq0Hhb47IflUcZG8CyEDur5TQEAM-g5ZHtFJPIX0Gf-iFn0zc9pJhQgP7XZd724P0Kxv9L5FKS5YmGQJrTshqyo8gXDFj0YS-YtBWZ5gT09mNBRcKQ_X565qipVgmbTeSffa0hHCHcxA0t4G91w/s1600/FM%20Volume%201%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1109" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hDu6hJPJgUSfteUP-O5wDlHM47pHKy6W7PA1cdMVq0Hhb47IflUcZG8CyEDur5TQEAM-g5ZHtFJPIX0Gf-iFn0zc9pJhQgP7XZd724P0Kxv9L5FKS5YmGQJrTshqyo8gXDFj0YS-YtBWZ5gT09mNBRcKQ_X565qipVgmbTeSffa0hHCHcxA0t4G91w/w444-h640/FM%20Volume%201%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuvb7Y3CF_yaZ1KXmR7UZdTCSuSfotA_n67Hfp2o7y2igGI1L3LJlRD-vPDEN8UejdmlS9cjryTZoLRZjMtSmPDjOwExsF3AvJt7HlwGjd-kDpQ74TcmBFR3wBmrD2H44JZBPSt1gKJJCLxZ52sUCloZRga7ekjoRMRRQSIve625VgQmS5YGni5scxA/s1600/FM%20Volume%201%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuvb7Y3CF_yaZ1KXmR7UZdTCSuSfotA_n67Hfp2o7y2igGI1L3LJlRD-vPDEN8UejdmlS9cjryTZoLRZjMtSmPDjOwExsF3AvJt7HlwGjd-kDpQ74TcmBFR3wBmrD2H44JZBPSt1gKJJCLxZ52sUCloZRga7ekjoRMRRQSIve625VgQmS5YGni5scxA/w440-h640/FM%20Volume%201%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><b>Blurb:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The best that man preoccupies himself with is knowledge of the lawful and the unlawful regarding rulings, and knowing the valid from the invalid regarding actions; it is the science of <i>fiqh</i> that has taken it upon itself to elucidate that. Many of the early scholars wrote so many books in this field that it is almost impossible to count; including exhaustive works, abridged works, commentaries, and research papers focusing on main issues as well as branch issues. The Islamic library still needs to grow, which is this book’s point of departure; it covers the main <i>fiqh</i> issues along with their evidences from the Noble Book and the Purified Sunnah, and the authors have also added whatever wisdoms can be gleaned from each ruling. The wording is clear and concise and the numerous headings and subheadings make it very easy for the reader to navigate the various topics and issues.</div><br /><b>Excerpts:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/2023/04/what-is-zakat-al-fitr.html">What is Zakāt al-Fiṭr?</a><br /><a href="http://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-are-mufassal-in-quran.html">What are the Mufaṣṣal in the Qurʾān?</a><br /><a href="https://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/2012/10/introducing-shafii-fiqh-part-1.html">Introducing Shafi'i Fiqh</a><br /><br /><b>The Authors:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The authors are <a href="https://naseemalsham.com/uploads/Component/English/E-Library/E-Biographies/Mustafaalkhinn.pdf" target="_blank">Imam Mustafa al-Khin,</a> may Allah have mercy on him, <a href="https://daraya-sy.com/2019/09/14/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A/" target="_blank">Imam Ali ash-Sharbaji</a>, may Allah preserve him, and <a href="https://meeraath.wordpress.com/imam-mustafa-al-bugha/">Imam Mustafa al-Bugha,</a> may Allah preserve him. Here are a few clips from Imam Mustafa al-Bugha's lessons:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m8QMHeL2sYQ" width="438" youtube-src-id="m8QMHeL2sYQ"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B2Z5OkFqCRw" width="439" youtube-src-id="B2Z5OkFqCRw"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N5VeqR_anzY" width="440" youtube-src-id="N5VeqR_anzY"></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left;">And with Allah alone is every success!</p><a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/alfiqh-almanhaji" target="_blank"><b>Nawa Books</b></a> ships worldwide and the book is also <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9811870896" target="_blank">available from Amazon</a></b>.<b></b><p></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-26839852154236321832023-05-07T10:47:00.003+01:002023-05-19T15:18:27.457+01:00Book Release: Dedicating Rewards to the Deceased<p> <i>Alhamdulillah, the book-a joint project by <a href="https://nawabooks.com/pages/nawa-books-on-amazon" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a> and <a href="https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MahdiLock" target="_blank">The Foreword Publications</a>-is now available from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9811870357" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3jnv3tec" target="_blank">Lulu</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYdtZ1lUO_MedUTbcUhwvyo5HUPC5tIzLdvFCnEir78GRZUk_hYZO80dmb_msmmGxEZRwyPKjILQiTZDqW-UQLArqgttwhvrL4EFQEYsJEPxu1IyfbyATaKC9clMlwU2g5F9J4qMb8bzMxUbTKXUPBV66ZNmPBPEGUiAedqajz-6eVzPHm4lWoN_V3A/s1117/Dedicating%20Rewards%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYdtZ1lUO_MedUTbcUhwvyo5HUPC5tIzLdvFCnEir78GRZUk_hYZO80dmb_msmmGxEZRwyPKjILQiTZDqW-UQLArqgttwhvrL4EFQEYsJEPxu1IyfbyATaKC9clMlwU2g5F9J4qMb8bzMxUbTKXUPBV66ZNmPBPEGUiAedqajz-6eVzPHm4lWoN_V3A/w404-h640/Dedicating%20Rewards%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCws_FsZlVngxZHs8PGjjZGCYpqVrHSuRHO6dpaiTWNaf-66ZlyWMAiYGDKAAiKhZB9yERwPCn_uMgsxQtLcXBrgFEJ7QQCStyP5MV8YdvjE-ITskhWvDihC_LDtcZReeZmS9ahh1avXNXVOIS8pmaPJ1SA6nM-_161Qsxwo0e5XyFv5l5kOCHene5g/s1117/Dedicating%20Rewards%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCCws_FsZlVngxZHs8PGjjZGCYpqVrHSuRHO6dpaiTWNaf-66ZlyWMAiYGDKAAiKhZB9yERwPCn_uMgsxQtLcXBrgFEJ7QQCStyP5MV8YdvjE-ITskhWvDihC_LDtcZReeZmS9ahh1avXNXVOIS8pmaPJ1SA6nM-_161Qsxwo0e5XyFv5l5kOCHene5g/w404-h640/Dedicating%20Rewards%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Blurb:</b></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;">If a person were to supplicate, recite the Noble Qurʾān, give in charity, or do any other act of worship and righteousness, and then dedicate the reward for that deed to someone deceased from this Ummah and ask Allah the Exalted to make it reach that deceased person, is such an action legitimate? And does the reward for that deed reach that deceased person?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Shaykh Muḥammad Fawāz an-Nimr</b><b>, </b>may Allah preserve him, is one of the leading Ḥanafī teachers of this age, based in Damascus. He graduated from Maʿhad al-Fatḥ al-Islāmī in 1985 and in the following year took up teaching posts at that institute as well as at the Umayyad Grand Masjid. Since then, he has taught several books on various topics. His lessons are available on YouTube and several are uploaded daily to his channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MFawazAlnemer">@MFawazAlnemer</a>.</div><br /><b>From the translator's introduction:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The book in your hands is an attempt to put an end to a debate that actually ended several centuries ago. That is, it ended among the ʿulamāʾ, those who are qualified to speak on the matter, and yet, for some reason, it has been revived in recent times. As you will see in the book and in the appendices, the early generations did indeed differ over whether the reward for reciting the Qurʾān reached the deceased, but over time they came to be of one accord: the reward for reciting the Qurʾān does indeed reach the deceased and it is the <i>muʿtamad</i> position of all Four Schools.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These words of Imam as-Suyūṭī in <i>Sharḥ as-Ṣudūr</i>, which are quoted in Appendix A, make this very clear:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: justify;">[The ʿulamāʾ] also infer from the aḥādīth that mention it, even though they are weak, for their sum total indicates that there is a foundation. Furthermore, the Muslims in every big city still gather together and recite for the benefit of their deceased without any reproach. Thus, it is a consensus. All of this has been mentioned by al-Ḥāfiẓ Shams ad-Dīn ibn ʿAbdul Wāḥid al-Maqdasī al-Ḥanbalī in a volume he wrote on the issue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Al-Qurṭubī said, ‘Ash-Sheikh ʿIzz ad-Dīn ibn ʿAbdis Salām would issue <i>fatāwā</i> stating the reward for what one recites does not reach the deceased. When he had died, one of his companions saw him, so he said to him, “You used to say the reward for what one recites does not reach the deceased and is not gifted to him, so how is it?” He replied, “I used to say that in the abode of the world. Now, I have gone back on my position after seeing Allah’s magnanimity therein and that it does reach him”.’</div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: IEQ, serif;">And with Allah alone is every success.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">For UK readers, the book is also available from <a href="https://islam786books.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=428&products_id=6870" target="_blank">Madani Bookstore</a>.</p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-80336936447077219482023-04-11T16:37:00.001+01:002023-04-12T01:10:43.454+01:00What is Zakāt al-Fiṭr?<p><i style="font-family: inherit;">How does one discharge this obligation?</i><span> (an extract from Volume 1 of the upcoming translation of </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Al-Fiqh al-Manhajī ʿalā Madhhab al-Imām ash-Shāfiʿī, </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">to be published by <a href="https://nawabooks.com/collections/nawa-books-publication" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a>)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimemLvE7W0-cTlP68C-TJXI3K9zgIM-4t7dDrY97Bi03i3NMtE82wKpsuXUMf68yEi9JiiIFTRRFLDQ1wUf8uHi2R8o5NGqjwPXM2aqCbh1StvUwBea5VUI1E6mkOZRWHzTMI4UmatxKg6cGsvEepA16gbVorN_Gk6zLAZZdNvPqfuwQaqww3HCt_t9w/s295/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="295" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimemLvE7W0-cTlP68C-TJXI3K9zgIM-4t7dDrY97Bi03i3NMtE82wKpsuXUMf68yEi9JiiIFTRRFLDQ1wUf8uHi2R8o5NGqjwPXM2aqCbh1StvUwBea5VUI1E6mkOZRWHzTMI4UmatxKg6cGsvEepA16gbVorN_Gk6zLAZZdNvPqfuwQaqww3HCt_t9w/w400-h232/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>زكاة الفطر</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Zakāt al-Fiṭr</b></div><br /><b>Its Definition:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is a specific amount of property that must be paid after sunset on the last day of Ramaḍān, with specific conditions, on behalf of every legally responsible person and those whom he is obliged to support financially.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b>Its Legislation:</b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The dominant position, in the Sunnah, is that it was made obligatory in the second year of the Hijrah, in the same year in which fasting Ramaḍān was made obligatory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The foundation for its obligation is what has been related by al-Bukhārī (1433) and Muslim (984), and the wording is the latter’s, on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar <span style="font-family: "KFGQPC Arabic Symbols 01"; font-size: 16px;">L</span>: the Messenger of Allah<span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; font-size: 12pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> obligated </span><i>zakāt al-fiṭr min Ramaḍān</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> upon the people as one <i>ṣāʿ</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> of dates or one <i>ṣāʿ </i>of barley. It was an obligation upon every freeman and slave, male or female, from among the Muslims.</div><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Conditions That Make It Obligatory:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zakāt al-Fiṭr is obligatory when three conditions have been fulfilled:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The first is Islam.</b> It is not obligatory upon the original unbeliever<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> in the sense that he is asked to perform it, due to the aforementioned ḥadīth on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with both of them.</div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">The second is the sun’s setting on the last day of Ramaḍān.</b> Thus, if someone dies after sunset on that day, it is obligatory to pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr on his behalf, regardless of whether he died after or before having the capacity to pay it, which is different from someone who is born after sunset. If someone dies before sunset, it is not obligatory to pay it on his behalf, which is different from someone who is born before sunset.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The third is that one have more than what one needs to feed
oneself and one’s dependents on Eid day and its night,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">[4]</span></b></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
to house them, and to provide a servant if there is a need.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: justify;">If one does not have enough to cover the expenses of Eid day and its night, with regard to oneself and those whom one is obligated to support financially, one does not have to pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr. If one does have enough for Eid day and its night but not for what follows, one is obligated to pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr, as no consideration is given to what follows Eid day and its night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Those On Whose Behalf the Legally Responsible Person Must Pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr:</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Whoever fulfils these three conditions is obligated to pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr on behalf of himself as well as those whom he is obligated to support financially, such as his progenitors,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn5">[5]</a> his descendants,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn6">[6]</a> and his wife.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thus, one is not obligated to pay it on behalf of one’s pubescent son who is capable of earning, nor on behalf of a relative whom one is not responsible for supporting financially. Indeed, it would not be valid to pay on his behalf without his permission and delegation of authority.<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn7">[7]</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If one does not have enough to pay on behalf of all of one’s relatives whom one is responsible for supporting financially, one gives priority to oneself, then one’s wife, then one’s small child, then one’s father, then one’s mother, then one’s older child who is incapable of earning.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt;"><b>Zakāt al-Fiṭr: The Type of Food that Must be Given and the Amount:<br /></b><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;">Zakāt al-Fiṭr is one <i>ṣāʿ</i> of the main staple of the area in which the legally responsible person resides, and the evidence is the aforementioned ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUmar <span style="font-family: "KFGQPC Arabic Symbols 01"; font-size: 16px;">L</span>. Moreover, according to al-Bukhārī (1439), it is on the authority of Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī <span style="font-family: "KFGQPC Arabic Symbols 01"; font-size: 12pt;">I</span>, who said, ‘In the time of Allah’s Messenger<span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; font-size: 12pt;">e</span><span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span>we would pay one <i>ṣāʿ</i> of food on day of al-Fiṭr, and our food was barley, raisins, <i>aqiṭ</i>,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn8">[8]</a> and dates’.</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify;">The<i> ṣāʿ</i> that the Messenger of Allah<span style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: IEQ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: IEQ; mso-symbol-font-family: "AGA Arabesque";">e</span><span style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <o:p></o:p></span>would use was four <i>amdād</i>, i.e. four double handfuls,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn9">[9]</a> and these four double handfuls are measured to be equal to three litres in dry measure, or approximately 2400 grammes.<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn10">[10]</a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">If the main staple in our area today is wheat, the Zakāt al-Fiṭr for one person is equivalent to three litres of wheat. The position of Imam ash-Shāfiʿī’s school is that it is not sufficient to merely pay the monetary value. Rather, it must be paid in the form of the main staple of that area. There is nothing wrong, however, with following the school of Imam Abū Ḥanīfah, may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him, in this issue in this age, which is that it is permissible to pay its monetary value. This is because the monetary value is of more benefit to the poor person than the actual staple crop,<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn11">[11]</a> and is more conducive to realising the desired objective.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><b>When to Pay Zakāt al-Fiṭr:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As we have already mentioned, it becomes obligatory to pay it once the sun has set on the last day of Ramaḍān.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is permissible to pay it anytime in the month of Ramaḍān as well as the first day of Eid.<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn12">[12]</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is recommended, however, to pay it on the morning of Eid day before going out to the prayer. In the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUmar <span style="font-family: "KFGQPC Arabic Symbols 01"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">L</span> in al-Bukhārī’s (1432) narration, he says, ‘…and he commanded that it be paid before the people went out to the prayer’.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It is disliked to delay paying it until after the Eid Prayer, until the end of Eid day.<a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftn13">[13]</a> To delay paying it any further is sinful and one must make it up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> (tn): i.e. the zakāt of breaking of one’s fast at the end of Ramaḍān.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> (tn): i.e. four <i>amdād</i> (the plural of <i>mudd</i>) according to the <i>mudd</i> of the Prophet <span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">e</span>, which is currently about 2.75 kilogrammes, and some say it is 3, and it is better to err on the side of caution. See <i>at-Taqrīrāt as-Sadīdah</i>, 419. In fluid measurements, it is 2.03 litres. See <i>Reliance of the Traveller</i>, 263.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> Ar. <i>al-kāfir al-aṣlī</i>, i.e. someone who has never been a Muslim, as opposed to an apostate (<i>murtadd</i>).</div><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref4">[4]</a> (tn): i.e. starting from sunset on the last day of Ramaḍān.<br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref5">[5]</a> Ar. <i>uṣul</i>, i.e. parents, grandparents, etc.<br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref6">[6]</a> Ar. <i>furūʿ</i>, i.e. his children, grandchildren, etc.<br /><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref7">[7]</a> Ar. <i>tawkīl</i>.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref8">[8]</a> (tn): i.e. a milk that is allowed to sour and congeal so that it becomes solid and can be cooked or cooked with. See <i>al-Muʿjam al-Wasīṭ</i>, 22.</div><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref9">[9]</a> (tn): i.e. what is scooped with two hands as opposed to just one.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref10">[10]</a> (tn): Please see the footnote above about the quantity of a <i>ṣāʿ</i>; when there are different measurements, it is safer, and therefore better, to go with the largest quantity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref11">[11]</a> (tn): For example, a poor person might not have the means to cook or prepare wheat, barley, rice, and so forth.</div><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref12">[12]</a> (tn): i.e. the first day of Shawwāl.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/notts/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/%D8%B2%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%B1.docx#_ftnref13">[13]</a> (tn): i.e. it remains disliked, which means it is still permissible and not sinful, until sunset on the first day of Shawwāl.</div><p></p><p></p></div></div><p></p></div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-72359741838099607172023-03-23T15:49:00.019+00:002023-03-30T06:54:39.754+01:00Book Release: The Rights of the Husband and Wife<p> <i>Alhamdulilah, this book is <a href="https://nawabooks.com/collections/nawa-books-publication/products/the-rights-of-the-husband-and-wife" target="_blank">now available</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiAxTwN0wB7opZ2f9Nu_FlNKn9V1T_5VK70w08FZYpmR-eKwQ_UIgil1C18VKMXlT-Ox3OUAMBI5Vx8K5Rev25HLUgFu4MzdJiH3r399kM8St5BHGNQyaKtHwPeQRUtvy_GOXeRN9fubcJOMV_hhn9TUNe_zTf-4OW5TGGJ7WfFogdVwZp6iWeqkdRg/s1108/Huquq%20az-Zawjayn%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiAxTwN0wB7opZ2f9Nu_FlNKn9V1T_5VK70w08FZYpmR-eKwQ_UIgil1C18VKMXlT-Ox3OUAMBI5Vx8K5Rev25HLUgFu4MzdJiH3r399kM8St5BHGNQyaKtHwPeQRUtvy_GOXeRN9fubcJOMV_hhn9TUNe_zTf-4OW5TGGJ7WfFogdVwZp6iWeqkdRg/w408-h640/Huquq%20az-Zawjayn%20Front%20Cover.jpeg" width="408" /></a></div><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8i2qXalMJ_qO2hWddFqkQjZXOVyqOOYxyePvolg5kMfMNgN4eaZA2nMhHke79w6LPkIg6a1xPWmmbaW9budrFW3zn1y1Pbhugvjl2bILJcVzc5uOFV9ARu-CkuwfUEpxlaMdm6XFVuxSL04m8hXzbjEgKgCdWcQKl1cTVklrkQqcGdHGQNWhUNTs6A/s1600/Huquq%20az-Zawjayn%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1023" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8i2qXalMJ_qO2hWddFqkQjZXOVyqOOYxyePvolg5kMfMNgN4eaZA2nMhHke79w6LPkIg6a1xPWmmbaW9budrFW3zn1y1Pbhugvjl2bILJcVzc5uOFV9ARu-CkuwfUEpxlaMdm6XFVuxSL04m8hXzbjEgKgCdWcQKl1cTVklrkQqcGdHGQNWhUNTs6A/w410-h640/Huquq%20az-Zawjayn%20Back%20Cover.jpeg" width="410" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blurb:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is from Allah’s wisdom, Glorified and Exalted is He, that, over time,
the Muslims have spread to every corner of the earth. In recent decades,
however, this spread has been attributed to several causes, and what has been
noticed and is not hidden from anybody who is familiar with the state of
Muslims in Western societies is their lacking many of the factors of a social
and Islamic upbringing that are normal and customary in Islamic societies.
These norms and customs, of course, come from the Revealed Law, whose source is
the Book, the Sunnah, the consensus of the Ummah, and the preferred opinions of
the imams and scholars. Thus, one of the most important reasons for the social
stability that is found in Islamic societies is that life is based on solid
foundations that come from the teachings of the Revealed Law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Shaykh
</b><b>ʿ</b><b>Abdul Hādī al-Kharsah</b> was born in Damascus in 1378 AH/1959 CE and
graduated from Al-Azhar in 1980. He has taken knowledge from the senior most
Muslim scholars of his age and has several chains
of transmission in ḥadīth from the senior most ḥadīth scholars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
shaykh specialises in theology and Ḥanafī fiqh, as well as the educational and
behavioural sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He
is considered an authority (<i>marjaʿ</i>) in ash-Shām and the leader of a
knowledge-based revival. His preaching is distinguished by moderation, accurate
understanding, foresight, and conciliation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shaykh ʿAbdul Hādī
has also authored several works, and they have had a massive influence on
students of knowledge and Islamic communities.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nawabooks.com/collections/nawa-books-publication/products/the-rights-of-the-husband-and-wife" target="_blank"><b>Nawa Books</b></a> ships worldwide and the book should also be available from Amazon very soon, if Allah so wills. Watch this space!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And with Allah alone is every success.</span></p><p><b>UPDATE: THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9811856729" target="_blank">AMAZON UK</a>.</b></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-424317392680629612023-02-23T19:24:00.001+00:002023-02-23T19:24:10.661+00:00Online Course: Fiqh of Fasting<p style="text-align: left;"><i>There are still three sessions left, if Allah so wills</i> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIGktbxktSPMisKCBZy7GvkY5JTqb5l3o8nDdsScZFQZshOwY1gTpq2Ut2GWI3a4In3iH4FXvF-ZSyVNszXC4xm6OoAuwVeR2pRPxJicGBF5zUs4F6jmCUp7HMFb-l4xPQaYIWNIEFp_uxqSNMQWOmf1ZBAv-VAEhDbSG5_lyKhHQJzAn7CRFi5Pw6Q/s1080/Fiqh%20of%20Fasting%20Poster.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIGktbxktSPMisKCBZy7GvkY5JTqb5l3o8nDdsScZFQZshOwY1gTpq2Ut2GWI3a4In3iH4FXvF-ZSyVNszXC4xm6OoAuwVeR2pRPxJicGBF5zUs4F6jmCUp7HMFb-l4xPQaYIWNIEFp_uxqSNMQWOmf1ZBAv-VAEhDbSG5_lyKhHQJzAn7CRFi5Pw6Q/w400-h400/Fiqh%20of%20Fasting%20Poster.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>This course is based on <i>Al-Fiqh Al-Manhaji 'ala Madhhab Al-Imam Ash-Shafi'i</i>, which is one of the best contemporary books on Shafi'i fiqh, written by authorities in the madhhab from Sham. I am currently translating the book into English for <a href="https://nawabooks.com/collections/nawa-books-publication" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a>.</p><p>Please register via Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/AlFiqhAlManhaji">https://t.me/AlFiqhAlManhaji</a></p><p>#PreparationForRamadan</p><p>And please check out these <a href="http://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/search/label/Fatawa%20on%20Ramadan%20and%20Fasting" target="_blank">Fatawa on Ramadan and Fasting</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-78887481296354142152023-01-13T19:53:00.001+00:002023-01-13T19:53:47.781+00:00Praying With a Catheter or Ostomy Bag<i>Two fatwas on the matter</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D7iQ6ajbutySpPpuMXT69H9niTIGbwsFmrIjtuWjB6zAMEClumtEzJRjfwN_BFhYFoT4ikr6CooH1kWIxwYPZg8OIWeHAoKm3odkOa2Atm3cC6D7952N_c2wWompLPAL35ydoW7JAsJSuBQ3hOyKPgKJ8TdbReefui-nXVsGlg2HtkqxJ-CRP8v0Vg/s1024/Intravenous_catheter_(vacuette)_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8D7iQ6ajbutySpPpuMXT69H9niTIGbwsFmrIjtuWjB6zAMEClumtEzJRjfwN_BFhYFoT4ikr6CooH1kWIxwYPZg8OIWeHAoKm3odkOa2Atm3cC6D7952N_c2wWompLPAL35ydoW7JAsJSuBQ3hOyKPgKJ8TdbReefui-nXVsGlg2HtkqxJ-CRP8v0Vg/w400-h300/Intravenous_catheter_(vacuette)_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: IEQ, serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>A translation of <a href="https://www.naseemalsham.com/fatwas/view/57696">this fatwa</a> from Naseem al-Sham</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Question:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Assalaam alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If one has to wear a catheter for a period of five days and blood and urine are constantly coming out, how does one perform <i>wuḍūʾ </i>and pray with this excuse? May Allah bless you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Answer (Imam Muḥammad Tawfīq Ramaḍān):</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One performs <i>wuḍūʾ</i> for each obligatory prayer after its time has come in, and then one prays. And one is pardoned for the circumstance one is in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGv10u-okoPXX_4wNg-mHqz9q4eMIuB9R6Dt-gqM91U3lFBbCfRV_rrsrZekYxZykR-WXfV39MGTdTWR9D3mfwIsvRMJeYLqBb4ulH_0-KAG89tPAVVDSDo5sCH1Xsv5ShzTGa4EgWydG0mUTzEfUaHRkUvC7xhcz_yv2h7gxmV_npFUDGCUeiGVp1w/s720/Bowel_Ostomies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="720" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGv10u-okoPXX_4wNg-mHqz9q4eMIuB9R6Dt-gqM91U3lFBbCfRV_rrsrZekYxZykR-WXfV39MGTdTWR9D3mfwIsvRMJeYLqBb4ulH_0-KAG89tPAVVDSDo5sCH1Xsv5ShzTGa4EgWydG0mUTzEfUaHRkUvC7xhcz_yv2h7gxmV_npFUDGCUeiGVp1w/w400-h225/Bowel_Ostomies.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><i>A translation of <a href="https://www.naseemalsham.com/fatwas/view/53192">this fatwa</a> from Naseem al-Sham</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Question:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My question is about praying and performing <i>wuḍūʾ</i> when one is wearing an ostomy<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> bag or catheter. In each case, one is either unable to control one’s urination or defecation. Thus, how can one perform <i>wuḍūʾ</i> and pray in a valid way when we know that this situation might last for months?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Answer (Imam Muḥammad Tawfīq Ramaḍān):</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A person in such a circumstance is deemed to be in a permanent state of ritual impurity.<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a> A person in a permanent state of ritual impurity does not perform <i>wuḍūʾ</i> for an obligatory prayer until after its time has come in. He removes whatever<i> najāsah </i>he is able to from where it is located and performs <i>wuḍūʾ</i>, and <i>muwālāh</i><a href="#_ftn3">[3]</a> is stipulated therein, meaning that there must not be a delay between washing one limb and the next.<a href="#_ftn4">[4]</a> One prays one obligatory prayer with that <i>wuḍūʾ</i> and however many supererogatory prayers one wants to.</div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;">
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<a href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> (tn): i.e. colostomy or ileostomy, and the ruling would also apply to a urostomy bag.<br /><a href="#_ftnref2">[2]</a> Ar. <i>dāʾim al-ḥadath.</i><br /><a href="#_ftnref3">[3]</a> (tn): i.e. immediate succession.<br /><a href="#_ftnref4">[4]</a> (tn): i.e. one must not allow one limb to dry before starting to wash the next. Furthermore, after performing <i>wuḍūʾ</i>, one must pray immediately. See <i>Ghāyat al-Muna: Sharḥ Safīnat an-Najā</i> by Sheikh Muḥammad Bāʿaṭiyyah (Tarīm: Maktabah Tarīm al-Ḥadīttha, 1429/2008), 179.<div id="ftn4" style="mso-element: footnote;">
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The other books in the series are <a href="https://nawabooks.com/collections/nawa-books-publication" target="_blank">available here</a>.<br /><br /><br />And with Allah alone is every success!</p>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-72111773971164676402022-11-05T18:15:00.009+00:002022-11-06T12:18:56.242+00:00What are the Mufaṣṣal in the Qurʾān?<div><i style="font-family: inherit;">What should you be reciting in each prayer?</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (an extract from the upcoming translation of </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/support_islamic_knowledge_and_book_translation_1#!/" target="_blank">Al-Fiqh al-Manhajī ʿalā Madhhab al-Imām ash-Shāfiʿī</a></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">) </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcMRYC45ToXXvoZs4QNUwAIMiv3Y01zcPTX8asA7f_9Ksgrrer6V0jcp9AAx46u-VC-smWFQ5MucPxnHb1y0c7bdQzB0FMLk3406BpRanrbb_0WTMmLsQ2OJ_J7JtxvNYpPl4pBYW9IaOhR7B7zyCgAuUyDFM9WuJnZDufqUyqojAXFWJzRE6xjg6-w/s1600/Surat%20al-Hujurat_Mufassal.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcMRYC45ToXXvoZs4QNUwAIMiv3Y01zcPTX8asA7f_9Ksgrrer6V0jcp9AAx46u-VC-smWFQ5MucPxnHb1y0c7bdQzB0FMLk3406BpRanrbb_0WTMmLsQ2OJ_J7JtxvNYpPl4pBYW9IaOhR7B7zyCgAuUyDFM9WuJnZDufqUyqojAXFWJzRE6xjg6-w/w400-h300/Surat%20al-Hujurat_Mufassal.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-family: inherit;">8. Reciting Some Portion of the Qurʾān after the Fātiḥah: </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">sunnah</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is realised by reciting a sūrah of the Qurʾān, however short it may be, or by reciting three consecutive verses.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is only recommended in the first two units of any prayer, whether one be the imam or praying alone. As for the one praying behind an imam, it is recommended in quiet prayers or when he is too far away to hear the imam’s recitation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the <i>ṣubḥ</i> and <i>ẓuhr</i> prayers, it recommended to recite the sūrahs that are known as <i>ṭiwāl</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn1">[1]</a> <i>al-mufaṣṣal</i>, such as al-Ḥujurāt (49) and ar-Raḥmān (55). In the <i>ʿaṣr </i>and<i> ʿishāʾ</i> prayers, it is recommended to recite the<i> awāṣit</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn2">[2]</a> <i>al-mufaṣsāl</i>, such as ash-Shams (91) and al-Layl (92). In the <i>maghrib</i> prayer, the <i>qiṣār</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn3">[3]</a> <i>al-mufaṣṣal</i> are recommended, such as al-Ikhlāṣ (112).<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn4">[4]</a> This is due to the ḥadīth of an-Nasāʾī (2/127) on the authority of Sulaymān ibn Yasār from Abū Hurayrah <span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque";">t</span>, who said, ‘I have not prayed behind anyone whose prayer resembled that of Allah’s Messenger <span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque";">e</span> <o:p></o:p>more than that of so-and-so. We prayed behind him and he would make the first two units of <i>ẓuhr</i> long and the later two light. He would make <i>ʿasr</i> light and he would recite the<i> qiṣār al-mufaṣṣal</i> in <i>maghrib</i>. In <i>ʿishāʾ</i> he would recite <i>Wa sh-shamsī wa ḍuḥāhā</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn5">[5]</a> and similar sūrahs and in <i>ṣubḥ</i> he would recite two long sūrahs’.</div>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: right 6.0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">It is also recommended to recite Ālif Lām Mīm Tanzīl, i.e. Sūrat as-Sajdah (32) in the first unit of the dawn prayer on Friday and Hal Atā<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Jalaluddeen/What%20are%20the%20Mufassal.docx#_ftn6">[6]</a> in the second unit.</div></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is due to what has been related by al-Bukhārī (851), as well as Muslim (880), on the authority of Abū Hurayrah <span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; text-align: justify;">t</span><span><span style="text-align: justify;">, </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">who said, ‘In the fajr prayer on Friday, the Prophet</span><span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; text-align: justify;">e</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span>would recite Ālif Lām Mīm Tanzīl – i.e. as-Sajdah – and Hal Atā ʿAlā l-Insān.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">It is recommended to make the first unit longer than the second in all prayers, due to what has been related by al-Bukhārī (725) and Muslim (451): ‘The Prophet <span style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; text-align: justify;">e</span><span style="text-align: justify;">…would recite at length in the first and shorten his recitation in the second.’</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">[Translated from <a href="https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/support_islamic_knowledge_and_book_translation_1#!/"><i>Al-Fiqh al-Manhajī ʿalā Madhhab al-Imām ash-Shāfiʿī</i></a> (Damascus: Dār al-ʿUlūm al-Insāniyyah, 1410/1989), 1:152-153]</div><p></p>
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<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/The%20Foreword/Mixed%20Wealth%20(Fatwa).docx#_ftnref1">[1]</a> (tn): e.g. accepting a gift from him, purchasing something from him. </div><div><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/The%20Foreword/Mixed%20Wealth%20(Fatwa).docx#_ftnref2">[2]</a> (tn): i.e. what some scholars <i>milk al-intifāʿ</i>, or the ownership of benefiting from something while not being authorised to rent it, sell it, or otherwise exchange it. <i>See Ash-Sharikāt wa Aḥkamuhā fī al-Fiqh al-Islāmī: Dirāsah Muqāranah fī ash-Sharikāt al-Islmāmiyyah</i> by Imam Muḥammad at-Tāwīl (Beirut: Dār Ibn Ḥazm, 1430/2009,) 34-45.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The first of these
justifications is that bank transactions are a modern form of transaction that
was completely unknown to previous <i>fuqahāʾ</i>,
as some people say.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The purpose of such a statement is to take the topic
out of the purview of the texts and place it within the scope of juridical
reasoning (<i>ijtihād</i>), so that it is
easy to say that it is permissible in the name of <i>ijtihād</i>, making matters easier and reviving the faith by bringing
it up to date.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">It is a statement that is inaccurate and incorrect, for
indeed this transaction was known before the advent of Islam. The only thing
that is new is the outward form and the name, i.e. the building and the
employees inside, the title “bank” written on the front and the word “interest”
or “return” or “rate” used to cover the usury. As for the essence, the subject
matter that takes place inside the building, it is the borrowing of cash and
lending it with a surplus. It was known in the Age of Ignorance (<i>al-Jāhiliyyah</i>) before the advent of
Islam. Imam Abū Bakr ar-Rāzī al-Jaṣṣāṣ says in his Qurʾānic commentary <i>Aḥkām al-Qurʾān</i>, ‘the usury that the
Arabs knew and practiced was the lending of dirhams and dinars for a specified
period of time with a surplus added to the amount borrowed according to what
both parties agree upon.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
As-Suddī says regarding the reason behind the revelation of the Exalted’s
statement: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
اَ۬لذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اُ۪تَّقُواْ اُ۬للَّهَ وَذَرُواْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اَ۬لرِّبَوٰٓاْ
إِن كُنتُم مُّومِنِينَۖ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“You who believe!
Have taqwā of Allah and forgo any remaining usury if you are believers” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah 2:278],</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">‘This was revealed with regards to al-ʿAbbās ibn
ʿAbdul Muṭṭalib and Khālid ibn Walīd. They were partners in al-Jāhiliyyah and
they would lend money usuriously. Islam came and the two of them had vast
wealth from usury, so Allah sent down this verse.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, {Indeed, every usury
from the usury of al-Jāhiliyyah has been abolished, and the first usury that I
abolish is the usury of al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbdul Muṭṭalib.}<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> Ibn Ḥajar
said, ‘A person in al-Jāhiliyyah would give money to someone else for a
specified period of time on the basis that every month he would take a certain
amount while the principal remained as it was. When the time had passed he
would reclaim the principal from him and if he was unable to pay it, extra time
would be granted and there would be more monthly payments.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> Fakhr
ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī said, ‘As for the usury of credit, it is a matter that was
well-known and customary in al-Jāhiliyyah. They would give money on the basis
that every month they would take a specific amount while the principal remained
unchanged. When the specified time had passed, they would reclaim the principal
from the borrower. If he was unable to pay it, extra time would be granted and
there would be more monthly payments.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> This is
the usury that they traded in al-Jāhiliyyah and it is exactly the same as bank
transactions. The customer gives his money to the bank for periods of time that
are agreed upon and every month he claims set amounts while the principal
remains unchanged.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Sheikh Kanūn said, ‘This kind is well-known amongst
people today and it happens frequently’.<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Likewise, giving money to someone who is going to
invest it for a share of the profit, or the worker getting a fixed fee while
all the profit goes to the owner of the money, this was also known and the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out and
traded with Khadījah’s money, may Allah be pleased with her, before he married
her.<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Likewise, depositing money in a current account was
also known to the Muslims early on, for az-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām, may Allah be
pleased with him, would have people come to him with monetary deposits for him
to safekeep on their behalf. He refused to accept them unless it was on the
condition that they be a debt that he was liable for, for fear that he would
lose them, as has been narrated by al-Bukhārī.<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">It is thus apparent that the statement that bank
transactions are a new sort of transaction that was hitherto unknown is
incorrect, because what is relevant is the substance and not the form, and
matters are according to their objectives, as the scholars of jurisprudence (<i>uṣūl al-fiqh</i>) say. Yes, after the coming
of Islam, lending with a surplus was declared unlawful, and <i>muḍārabah</i><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
with a fixed share hid these transactions from the Islamic society that was adhering
to Allah’s Revealed Law. This was until they emerged with the appearance of
colonialism and adopted new names that allowed them to deceive some people and
put doubts in the minds of others who were incapable of penetrating their
depths and knowing their reality, which is that it is undoubtedly lending and
borrowing with a surplus and that it is the very same usury that Allah and His
Messenger declared unlawful and cursed the one who consumes it, the one who
feeds it, the one who writes it down, the one who witnesses it, the one who
assists in it and the one who calls to it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The second justification
is that they say, ‘There is no clear text in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of
His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that declares this
transaction unlawful.’</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Like the one that precedes it, this statement is also
inaccurate and incorrect for the following reasons:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">First of all, it shows disavowal of scholarly
consensus (<i>ijmā</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: GentiumAlt; line-height: 150%;">ʿ</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">) and other sources of legislation
and confines all legislation to the Book and the Sunnah. In fact, those who
make this statement are not even convinced of implicit indications in both the
Qurʾān and the Ḥadīth. This is <i>ẓāhiriyyah</i>
that is more intransigent than the original <i>ẓāhiriyyah</i>,<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
those rejected by the erudite scholars.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Secondly, we can say yes, there are clear texts in the
Book and the Sunnah that forbid this transaction and declare it unlawful. As
for the Book, there is the Exalted’s Statement:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>وَأَحَلَّ
اَ۬للَّهُ اُ۬لْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ اَ۬لرِّبَوٰاْۖ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“But Allah has
permitted trade and forbidden usury.” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah 2:275] There is also His
statement: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>يَمْحَقُ
اُ۬للَّهُ اُ۬لرِّبَوٰاْ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“Allah obliterates
usury.” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah
2:276] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">There is also His statement: <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
اَ۬لذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَاكُلُواْ اُ۬لرِّبَوٰٓاْ أَضْعَٰفاٗ مُّضَٰعَفَةٗۖ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">“You who believe! Do not
feed on usury, multiplied and then remultiplied.” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[Āl ʿImrān 3:130] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">There is also His statement: <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>اَ۬لذِينَ
يَاكُلُونَ اَ۬لرِّبَوٰاْ لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ اُ۬لذِے يَتَخَبَّطُهُ
اُ۬لشَّيْطَٰنُ مِنَ اَ۬لْمَسِّۖ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“Those who practise
usury will not rise from the grave except as someone driven mad by Shayṭān’s
touch” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah
2:275] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">And there is His statement: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;">اُ۪تَّقُواْ اُ۬للَّهَ
وَذَرُواْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اَ۬لرِّبَوٰٓاْ إِن كُنتُم مُّومِنِينَۖ</span></b><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“Have taqwā of
Allah and forego any remaining usury.” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah 2:278]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">In the Arabic language, <i>ribā</i> means increase, and in the Revealed Law it means the increase
on one of two things being exchanged without any compensation. There is no
doubt that the bank pays one hundred and reclaims one hundred and ten, for
example, when it is the lender, and it receives one hundred from the depositing
customer and gives him back one hundred and ten when it is the lender, even if
it only calls it a deposit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">And we observe the principles of jurisprudence, which
state:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Singular nouns that have
the definite article (<i>al</i>) indicate
universal applicability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The universal (<i>al-ʿāmm</i>) is understood to indicate
universal applicability until there is something that makes it particular.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The universal indicating </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">individuals is an indication of conformity, every individual therein
bearing the same ruling in conformity, whether in affirmation or negation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The indication of
conformity is by way of something clearly articulated according to the scholars
of jurisprudence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">The general indicating
every individual from amongst its individuals is a decisive indication
according to the Ḥanafīs, and it has the rank of the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">specific (<i>al-khāṣṣ</i>) in its indication of its individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">What we gather from all of this is that the verses of
usury indicate that bank interest is unlawful and they indicate it clearly
because they comprise it decisively, because it is the increase on one of two
things being exchanged without any compensation, and thus it is included within
the generality of usury. This is why the scholars say, ‘the universal indicates
the ruling in general and in detail as long as it is not made particular by
some evidence.’</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">An example of this is very often found in the ḥadīths
about usury, such as the ḥadīth: ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who feeds it,
the one who writes it down and the one who witnesses it.’<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">And there is the ḥadīth: {Beware of the sins that are
not forgiven; taking something secretly, for whoever takes something secretly
brings it on the Day of Standing, and the consumer of usury, for whoever
consumes usury is resurrected on the Day of Standing as a fumbling madman.}<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></sup></sup></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">And there is the ḥadīth: {Usury is ninety-nine doors,
the least of which is like a man approaching his mother}<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a> and the ḥadīth:
{Usury is seventy parts, the least of which is a man having sex with his
mother.}<a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""><sup><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></sup></a>
There are others and they also comprise bank interest, as is indicated by
conformity, and clearly so. If we observe the abovementioned principles of
jurisprudence, are these people going to wait until they find in the Qurʾān and
the Sunnah the expression, ‘bank interest is unlawful’ before they become
convinced that the Qurʾān and Sunnah contain a clear text declaring it
unlawful?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">Is not the aforementioned from al-Jaṣṣāṣ, as-Suddī and
others sufficient in proving that usury was known to the Arabs and that it is
lending with a surplus, and that the Exalted’s statement: <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;">)</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "KFGQPC WARSH Uthmanic Script"; line-height: 150%;"><b>يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
اَ۬لذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اُ۪تَّقُواْ اُ۬للَّهَ وَذَرُواْ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ اَ۬لرِّبَوٰٓاْ
إِن كُنتُم مُّومِنِينَۖ</b></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "AGA Arabesque"; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>(</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>“You who believe!
Have taqwā of Allah and forgo any remaining usury” </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;">[al-Baqarah 2:278] came down regarding
lending with a surplus, and that the jurisprudential principle that the
illustration of the reason (<i>sabab</i>)
makes it decisively general and cannot be made particular through juridical
reasoning (<i>ijtihād</i>), as is stated by
the scholars of jurisprudence? This means that the lending with a surplus that
is practised by the bank, in both giving and taking, in the name of interest or
return or whatever else, is the same usury that is commanded to be abandoned in
this verse, and it is decisively and definitely included and comprised therein.
Also, the verse is a clear text declaring it unlawful. So, after this, is it
valid to say that the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, contain no clear text declaring bank interest
unlawful?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: kashida; text-kashida: 0%;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>Aḥkām
al-Qurʾān</i> by al-Jaṣṣāṣ, 1/1465<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>Asbāb
an-Nuzūl</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Ibid, al-Wāḥidī, p.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[4]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> See <i>Ḥāshiyah
Kanūn ʿalā ar-Rahūnī</i> 5/92.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[5]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>At-Tafsīr
al-Kabīr</i> by al-Fakhr ar-Rāzī.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[6]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>Ḥāshiyah
Kanūn ʿalā ar-Rahūnī</i> 5/92.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[7]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> See <i>Sīrat
Ibn Hishām</i> 1/203.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[8]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>Al-Fatḥ</i>
6/228.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[9]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> (tn): Referred to in English as a sleeping
partnership, this is an agreement in which one party provides the capital while
the other does all the work and the profits are shared between the two based on
whatever they agree upon. It is also called <i>qirāḍ</i>
in Arabic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[10]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> (tn): i.e. the literalists, a school of law
founded by Dāwūd az-Ẓāhirī (d.270 AH) and later died out due its rigid
literalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[11]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Related by Abū Dāwūd 3/244.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[12]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Related by at-Ṭabarānī, see <i>Ḥāshiyat Kanūn ʿalā ar-Rahūnī</i> 5/93.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[13]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <i>Al-Jāmiʿ
li Aḥkām al-Qurʾān</i> 3/236.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/User/Dropbox/Kalimah%20Muhammad/Is%20Riba%20the%20Same%20Now%20as%20it%20Was%20Then.docx#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" title=""><sup><span lang="EN-GB"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: IEQ, serif; line-height: 115%;">[14]</span></sup><!--[endif]--></span></sup></a><span lang="EN-GB"> Related by Ibn Mājah and al-Ḥākim, see <i>Mukhta</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">ṣ</span><span lang="EN-GB">ar Ibn
Kathīr</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> 1/247.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-84318566955025549412022-03-17T06:58:00.001+00:002022-03-17T06:58:51.761+00:00Book Release: A Unique Pedagogical Approach in the Qurʾān<p> <i>Alhamdulilah, the book is <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/a-unique-pedagogical-approach-in-the-qur-an" target="_blank">now available</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidKqBxf-cs-chEQDSj7LuUpkxdxqTlSefOcxlyXQcPEdiC7q1i4SqplEE37enpPHbbRpW7BameyBodhAcLQlIqteHZg0rz7AL4MqDbhuS9qDl59xEJXcbvhyhMQSwQyFmW8ib-3pvIlRy39FKWSinAEsYNaj5bxgRok6Y8XTx3dcISQU3ErDpgh289Lg=s927" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidKqBxf-cs-chEQDSj7LuUpkxdxqTlSefOcxlyXQcPEdiC7q1i4SqplEE37enpPHbbRpW7BameyBodhAcLQlIqteHZg0rz7AL4MqDbhuS9qDl59xEJXcbvhyhMQSwQyFmW8ib-3pvIlRy39FKWSinAEsYNaj5bxgRok6Y8XTx3dcISQU3ErDpgh289Lg=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguZgQUdW2aIRypihEDRo6jH1IYnOSWE42Sc2Dw30Wqbi-lEZS9DHwf5CoVf8zwORxgLQTsAlAoIXwCvgMA83D2p_qlyMgNG8Z9sH4wVBW8_d0_0neXBY1_2tMBx7r23By1bz9rkRK8A0HRZLKxLjJqMu3gs2Qcte9-1SVpj62EQkgNq6qkCaf0W9vH4g=s927" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguZgQUdW2aIRypihEDRo6jH1IYnOSWE42Sc2Dw30Wqbi-lEZS9DHwf5CoVf8zwORxgLQTsAlAoIXwCvgMA83D2p_qlyMgNG8Z9sH4wVBW8_d0_0neXBY1_2tMBx7r23By1bz9rkRK8A0HRZLKxLjJqMu3gs2Qcte9-1SVpj62EQkgNq6qkCaf0W9vH4g=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></div><p>The book is available from <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/a-unique-pedagogical-approach-in-the-qur-an">Nawa Books</a> and they ship worldwide. Insha'Allah, bookstores in Europe, North America and elsewhere will be stocking it soon.<br /><br /><br />And with Allah alone is every success!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /></div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-85401046418350965722022-02-21T08:45:00.002+00:002022-02-21T08:46:49.792+00:00So that I can enjoy looking at you<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i>From Chapter 31: Visiting the Graves and the Deceased Seeing Their Visitors</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qORZPr4wMQZDZ0mt7Tn8iTgOKrkwAahA9_3SMAY3fkug568k5MrqMLm87VRNm4gHQlPoXw9UkrVT08kiDDIEbPXaWrFp3jm9C_nrzoPf1hOgq4M6eZqrmsIO2iunZjQGbDBjabGaTBxyn5FXTfObPjOoA4NoQNWPjOjis9Uq1xkLEsA9zWTSdUdWDA=s3968" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qORZPr4wMQZDZ0mt7Tn8iTgOKrkwAahA9_3SMAY3fkug568k5MrqMLm87VRNm4gHQlPoXw9UkrVT08kiDDIEbPXaWrFp3jm9C_nrzoPf1hOgq4M6eZqrmsIO2iunZjQGbDBjabGaTBxyn5FXTfObPjOoA4NoQNWPjOjis9Uq1xkLEsA9zWTSdUdWDA=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span><span><b><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.26px;">وَقَالَ السلَفِي سَمِعت أَبَا البركات عبد الْوَاحِد بن عبد الرَّحْمَن بن غلاب السُّوسِي بالإسكندرية يَقُول سَمِعت والدتي تَقول رَأَيْت أُمِّي فِي الْمَنَام بعد مَوتهَا وَهِي تَقول يَا بِنْتي إِذا جئتني زائرة فاقعدي عِنْد قَبْرِي سَاعَة أتملى من النّظر إِلَيْك ثمَّ ترحمي عَليّ فَإنَّك إِذا ترحمت عَليّ صَارَت الرَّحْمَة بيني وَبَيْنك كالحجاب ثمَّ شغلتني عَنْك.</span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">984) Al-Silafī has said, ‘I heard Abū al-Barakāt ʿAbdul Wāḥid ibn ʿAbdur Raḥmān ibn Ghallāb as-Sūsī in Alexandria and he was saying, “I heard my mother saying, ‘I saw my mother in my sleep after her death and she was saying, “My dear daughter, when you come to me as a visitor, just sit by my grave for some time so that I can enjoy looking at you. Then ask Allah to have mercy on me, because when you ask Allah to have mercy on me it becomes like a barrier between me and you, and then it distracts me from you.”’”’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">[From the book <a href="http://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-release-opening-of-hearts.html" target="_blank"><i>The Opening of the Hearts</i> (The Foreword Publications, 1442/2020)</a>,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> p. 344, which is a translation of <i>Shar</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ḥ</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> as-</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ṣ</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ud</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ū</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">r</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> by Imam Jal</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">l ad-D</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n as-Suyū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ṭī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">.]</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0in 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/imam-jal%C4%81l-ad-d%C4%ABn-as-suy%C5%AB%E1%B9%AD%C4%AB-and-mahdi-lock/the-opening-of-the-hearts/paperback/product-vqwqy6.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">The Opening of the Hearts</a> </i>(and all other</span><a href="https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MahdiLock" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #ff1900; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"> Lulu print products</a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">) is available with a 15% discount through February 25, 2022. 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Insha'Allah, bookstores in Europe, North America and elsewhere will be stocking it soon. <br /><br /><br />And with Allah alone is every success!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-51401800678291457062022-01-16T15:12:00.000+00:002022-01-16T15:12:51.407+00:00Book Release: Remembrances & Etiquettes of The Prophet ﷺ <p><i>Alhamdulilah, the book is <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/remembrances-etiquettes-of-the-prophet" target="_blank">now available</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-Zx1RImEGMElec1rSUdHeCPPPuchQWN6L_nVtU2m7h9OIHeRDbAJTZgMQC1drXO0tPu9WP0oQXD8mI5Cl1_H10vpxiKJyjSWSYFooxAqhXnl3rw1LmP12hbiYRfCAkHwsfx1gUOaYNOmoJZH6Sw0SnrQZJdqhdYhTl-YoOIvVT-YjOIr2mcouyenT1g=s530" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="348" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-Zx1RImEGMElec1rSUdHeCPPPuchQWN6L_nVtU2m7h9OIHeRDbAJTZgMQC1drXO0tPu9WP0oQXD8mI5Cl1_H10vpxiKJyjSWSYFooxAqhXnl3rw1LmP12hbiYRfCAkHwsfx1gUOaYNOmoJZH6Sw0SnrQZJdqhdYhTl-YoOIvVT-YjOIr2mcouyenT1g=w421-h640" width="421" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZynn-MaN_WVKfVaum6wH8tFvESoISuzBsl5OapDRp32DRy_Ozy_IpY0jvDHUm_KfgpIpN5Hicg1PA4qnAIt68nnp-QQp11fAhxA3yarxeUU_1xjL4bxWrPybeDs4skfbXoL8uMY8eOpAcX9VWV1YwWiJNDPMnI86sH44-vOSoXqWfsplIax5MWupnrw=s480" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="315" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZynn-MaN_WVKfVaum6wH8tFvESoISuzBsl5OapDRp32DRy_Ozy_IpY0jvDHUm_KfgpIpN5Hicg1PA4qnAIt68nnp-QQp11fAhxA3yarxeUU_1xjL4bxWrPybeDs4skfbXoL8uMY8eOpAcX9VWV1YwWiJNDPMnI86sH44-vOSoXqWfsplIax5MWupnrw=w420-h640" width="420" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>The book is available from <a href="https://nawabooks.com/products/remembrances-etiquettes-of-the-prophet" target="_blank">Nawa Books</a> and they ship worldwide. Insha'Allah, bookstores in Europe, North America and elsewhere will be stocking it soon. <br /><br />And with Allah alone is every success!</div>Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-77823081898511215442021-12-13T15:06:00.001+00:002023-11-27T13:45:11.725+00:00Our Heritage and Legacy: Hospitals and Medical Institutions<p><i>An extract from </i><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/mahdi-lock/the-wonders-of-waqf/paperback/product-176gq7mp.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">The Wonders of Waqf</a><i>, which is a translation of selected chapters from </i>Min Rawāʾiʿ Ḥaḍāratinā<i> by Dr Muṣṭafā as-Sibāʿī</i></p><p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz3ubRkbsR2fw6uFJUstzaIwMhfKrw2Oj8x4_BIzFNKbr3QLuaI0SiAAlZBuxT4IFcuopf6BOniSzCcpMiyE5WU7gJQv1__IP8Tx9A10oxzhC_6WUIPEX3i_0DTw3wvtRi5yr9W3Rcxb00Gh3OElAlLX9dCLjNGesxJ1tRzSHK_UwHe8gaeA0dAe41PQ=s320" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Qalawun Hospital, Cairo" border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="223" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz3ubRkbsR2fw6uFJUstzaIwMhfKrw2Oj8x4_BIzFNKbr3QLuaI0SiAAlZBuxT4IFcuopf6BOniSzCcpMiyE5WU7gJQv1__IP8Tx9A10oxzhC_6WUIPEX3i_0DTw3wvtRi5yr9W3Rcxb00Gh3OElAlLX9dCLjNGesxJ1tRzSHK_UwHe8gaeA0dAe41PQ=w446-h640" title="The Bimaristan of Qalāwūn, Cairo" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The
Bimaristan of Qalāwūn, Cairo<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> <span> </span></span>One
of the principles that our civilisation is based on is combining between the
needs of the body and the needs of the spirit. Taking care of the body and its
demands is considered necessary for realising man’s happiness and illuminating
his spirit, and one of the transmitted statements that laid down this
foundation of the Messenger of Allah’s civilisation, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, is his words: {Indeed your body has a right over you.}<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What
is noticed from the Islamic acts of worship is the realisation of the most
important objective of medicine, which is the preservation of health,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
and thus prayer, fasting and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">Ḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ajj and what they entail by way of conditions,
pillars and actions all preserve the health of the body along with its energy
and strength. If we add Islam’s struggle against diseases and their
proliferation and its desire to seek treatment that combats them, you will know
what strong foundations our civilisation built in the field of medicine and the
extent to which the world benefitted from our civilisation in establishing
clinics and medical institutions, producing doctors whose contributions to
science, and to medicine in particular, are still boasted about by humanity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Arabs knew about the medical school of Gondishapur,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>
which was founded by Khosrau in the middle of the sixth century CE and some of
their doctors graduated from there, such as al-</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">Ḥā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rith ibn Kaladah, who lived in the
time of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He would advise
his Companions to seek treatment from him whenever they were afflicted with
illness. In the age of al-Wal</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">d ibn </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Abdul Malik, the first hospital in Islam was
founded, and it was exclusively for lepers. Physicians were appointed and
provided for and the lepers were provided for and quarantined, as well as the
blind. Then the establishment of clinics followed and they were known as <i>b</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">m</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">rsit</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">t</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, i.e. houses for the sick.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
hospitals were of two types; stationary and mobile.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a>
As for the mobile, it was first known in Islam in the time of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the Battle of the Trench, as there was
a tent for the wounded. When Sa</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">d ibn Mu</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">dh was wounded in his medial arm
vein, he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Put him in Rufaydah’s<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a>
tent so I can visit him from near.’ It was the first mobile military hospital
in Islam and then the caliphs and kings who came after expanded it, such that
the mobile hospital came to be equipped with everything that the patients
needed, including medical treatment, food, drink, clothes, physicians and
pharmaceuticals. It would move from town to town in areas where there was no
stationary hospital. The minister </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿĪ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">s</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ibn </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Al</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> al-Jarr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">āḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> wrote to Sin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n ibn Th</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">bit, who was in
charge of the hospitals in Baghdad and elsewhere, ‘I’ve been thinking about the
people who live in the rural areas of Iraq<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span></span></span></a>
and how none of those towns are free of sick people and yet there are no
physicians to treat them because there are no physicians in the rural areas.
Therefore, there should be a delegation of physicians with containers of
medicines and syrups and they should travel around the rural areas and stay in
each locality for as long as necessary, giving treatment to the people there.
Then they can move on to the next locality.’ In the days of Sultan Ma</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">m</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">d al-Salj</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">k</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, one of the
mobile hospitals was so big that it had to be carried by forty camels.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As
for the stationary hospitals, they were many in number and spread throughout
the cities and capitals, and every small town in the Islamic world, at that
time, had at least one hospital. Cordoba alone had fifty hospitals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
hospitals were of different kinds. There were hospitals for the army that were
run by specialist physicians, in addition to the caliph’s physicians and those
of the commanders and leaders. There were hospitals for prisoners and every day
physicians would go around and treat the sick with the necessary medicines. One
of the things the minister </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿĪ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">s</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ibn </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Al</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> al-Jarr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">āḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> wrote to Sin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n ibn Th</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">bit, the head
of the physicians in Baghdad, was, ‘I have been thinking about those who are in
prison. Due to their great number and the aridness of where they are, it is
inevitable that diseases will afflict them. Therefore, they should have their
own physicians who visit them every day and provide them with medicines and
syrups, and they should go around the prisons and treat those who are sick.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
were emergency stations that were close to the grand masjids and public places
where the masses would congregate. Al-Maqr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">z</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> tells us that when Ibn Ṭ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">l</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n built his
famous grand masjid in Cairo there was a place for ablution<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[7]</span></span></span></span></a>
and a pharmacy at the back that contained all the medicines and syrups. There
were also servants and a physician who would sit every Friday and treat any
worshippers who were afflicted with illnesses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There
were general hospitals, which opened their doors to treat the masses. They were
divided into two separate departments; one for males and one for females. Each
department had numerous halls and each hall was for a specific illness. There
were those for internal illnesses, illnesses of the eye, wounds, broken bones
and orthopaedics, as well as mental illnesses. The department for internal
illnesses was also divided into rooms, and thus there were rooms for fevers,
rooms for diarrhoea, and so forth. Each department was run by a chief
physician, and thus there was a chief physician for internal illnesses, a chief
physician for wounds and orthopaedics, a chief physician for illnesses of the
eye, and so forth, and all the departments had a general chief physician called
a <i>s</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">āʿū</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">r</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">, and it
was the name given to the head of the physicians in a hospital. The physicians
worked in shifts and each physician had a specific time during which he would
remain in the hall that he treated patients in. In each hospital there were a
number of servants, assistants and nurses, both men and women, and they had
ample, fixed salaries. In each hospital, there was a pharmacy that was known as
a <i>khizānat al-shar</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">b</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> and it had various kinds of syrups and
precious creams as well as excellent preserves, different medicines and
superior perfumes that could not be found anywhere else. There were surgical
instruments, glass vessels, bowls and other items the like of which would only
be found in the storehouses of kings.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
hospitals were also medical institutions, for in each hospital there was a
large lecture hall in which the senior most physicians would sit with other
physicians and the students, and next to them were instruments and books. The
students would sit in front of their teacher after examining the patients and
finishing their treatment. Then there would be talks and discussions about
medicine between the professor and his students and they would read from
medical textbooks. Oftentimes, the professor would have the students accompany
him inside the hospital for practical lessons, in which he would treat patients
with them being present, as happens today in hospitals that are attached to
medical colleges. Ibn Ab</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Uṣaybah, who studied medicine in the N</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">r al-D</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n Bimaristan in
Damascus, said, ‘After al-</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">Ḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ak</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">m<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[8]</span></span></span></span></a>
Muhadhdhib al-D</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n and al-</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">Ḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ak</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">m </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Imr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n had finished treating the patients who were staying in the Bimaristan,
and I was with them, I sat with Sheikh Raḍ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> al-D</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n al-Ra</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ḥ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">b</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> and watched how he obtained
information about illnesses, made the overall diagnoses of the patients and
wrote out prescriptions, and with him I researched into many illnesses and
treatments.’<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
physician would not be allowed to treat by himself until he had completed an
exam in front of the senior most physician of the state. He would present a
thesis to him in the specialty that he wanted to get a license in, and it would
be something that he had written himself or something that a major scholar of
medicine had written and to which he had added his own studies and commentaries.
He would thus be examined on that and asked about everything that was connected
to that discipline. If he answered the questions properly, the senior most
physician would grant him a license that allowed him to practice the medical
profession. It came to pass in the year 319 AH (931 CE), in the days of the
caliph al-Muqtadir, that one of the physicians made a mistake in treating a man
and he died. The caliph thus ordered that all the doctors in Baghdad be
re-examined, and they were examined by Sin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n ibn Th</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">bit, the senior most of the
physicians in Baghdad. Their number in Baghdad alone reached over eight hundred
and sixty, and this does not include the famous physicians who were not
re-examined and the physicians who worked for the caliph, the ministers and the
rulers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We
must not fail to mention that each hospital had a library attached to it that
was filled with books on medicine and other subjects that physicians and their
students need, so much so that it was said that in the hospital of Ibn Ṭ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">l</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ū</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">n in Cairo
there was a library consisting of more than 100,000 volumes in all the
sciences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As
for the process of being admitted into the hospitals, they were free of charge
for everyone. There was no difference between the rich and the poor, the near
and the far, the noble and the unknown. First of all, the patients were
examined in the outer hall. Those who only had a mild illness were prescribed
treatment and then they went to the hospital’s pharmacy. Those whose illness
required that they be admitted to the hospital had their name registered and
then they entered the bath house. Their clothes were removed and they were put
in a special waiting room. Then they were given hospital clothes and entered
into the hall that was specifically for people suffering from the same illness.
Each patient was given his own furnished bed with good furnishings. Then he was
given the medicine that the physician has designated for him and the right
foods for his health<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[9]</span></span></span></span></a>
in the necessary portions. The patient’s food consisted of meat from sheep,
cows, birds and chicken, and the sign of being cured was the patient’s ability
to eat a whole loaf of bread and a whole chicken in one meal. If the patient
had entered the recovery phase he was transferred to the hall for
convalescents. When he had completely recovered, he was given a new suit of
clothes and a sum of money to compensate for the time that he had been unable
to work. The hospital’s rooms were clean with water flowing through them and
its halls were furnished with the best furnishings. Each hospital had
inspectors who checked for cleanliness and observers who looked over financial
records, and oftentimes the caliph or ruler would visit the patients himself
and make sure they were being treated well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This
is the system that was prevalent in all the hospitals that were established in
the Islamic world, in the west as in the east…in the hospitals of Baghdad,
Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, Makkah, Mad</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">nah, the Maghreb, Andalusia…and we
shall confine ourselves to discussing four hospitals in four capital cities of
Islam in those times... <br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Related by al-Bukh</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">r</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> and Muslim.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Al</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> ibn </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ʿ</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Abb</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">s defined medicine as a science that
looks to preserve health for the healthy and restore it to those who are sick.</span></p>
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<div id="ftn3" style="mso-element: footnote;">
<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (tn): in modern-day Iran.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (tn): known as field hospitals
nowadays.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[5]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (tn): i.e. Rufaydah al-Aslamiyyah,
who is recognised as the first female nurse in Islam.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn6;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[6]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Ar. <i>as-saw</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ā</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">d.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn7;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[7]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Ar. <i>m</i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">ī</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">ḍ</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Gentium Plus Compact";">āʾ.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn8;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[8]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (tn): this word also means
‘physician’ and is used as a title in this context.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn9;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "IEQ",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[9]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> (tn): This is an aspect that
appears to be completely ignored in Western conventional medicine. For example,
a patient suffering from pneumonia will be served ice-cold water, which could
prove deadly, while the necessary warming foods, such as turmeric or cayenne
pepper, will never be offered. It is also normal to see patients in Western
hospitals eating various kinds of junk food, especially those that are high in
sugar, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame and MSG. The connection between
health and diet, or treatment and diet, is never considered.</span></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
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Mahdi Lockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083440397337482887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919265877138027256.post-17417573483424599622021-12-02T13:48:00.002+00:002021-12-02T13:48:31.728+00:00Investing Your Faith<div style="text-align: left;"><i>From the book </i><a href="https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/mahdi-lock/the-big-step/paperback/product-1nzz7j98.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">The Big Step: How to Survive Islam in the Anglosphere</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9INndz5X29sXqMU8XbD9fYeQSsrEWyQxWRwGD8bVvy_swuZJ3bSxEy8UKK6Bu3Dd_JTZqWZl87xwDEyfPpw64lN4N6hzNZquEouDvPj8tJ_hf3RugmXkmnhrz_YPx96uK8T9Dd_Z8h0n995LZP6jJ0Q92eNT8zR_jSlFYnsdA7zn9BXsjWcOkH9_FKg=s389" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="389" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9INndz5X29sXqMU8XbD9fYeQSsrEWyQxWRwGD8bVvy_swuZJ3bSxEy8UKK6Bu3Dd_JTZqWZl87xwDEyfPpw64lN4N6hzNZquEouDvPj8tJ_hf3RugmXkmnhrz_YPx96uK8T9Dd_Z8h0n995LZP6jJ0Q92eNT8zR_jSlFYnsdA7zn9BXsjWcOkH9_FKg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before continuing, I want to make it clear that what I’ve said and what I’m about to say is not meant to gainsay whatever benefit converts from that era have brought to Muslims in the Anglosphere and elsewhere. Rather, and this will be the ultimate conclusion of this book, we are seeking to establish where final authority in Islam lies, which is where every Muslim should invest his faith. There are plenty of Muslims who have knowledge, who can teach, who can translate, who can give a good lecture, but they are not worthy of being invested in wholeheartedly, and this is for two main reasons. The first is that they have not reached a level of knowledge in which they can be called an authority. The second is that they are still alive. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mahdinnm.blogspot.com/2016/02/authority-in-islam.html" target="_blank">On my blog</a> and in the introduction to my translation of Imam an-Nawawī’s <i>Adāb al-ʿĀlim wa al-Mutaʿallim wa al-Muftī wa al-Mustaftī</i>,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn1">[1]</a> al-Hajj Abū Jaʿfar al-Ḥanbalī explains how authority in Islam works and how authorities are identified,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#_ftn2">[2]</a> but we want to focus on the idea of investing one’s faith. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Think of your faith as the most precious thing you have, similar to your life’s savings. If you lose it, you will be in serious trouble. How are you going to store your life’s savings? Would you store them in Pakistani rupees, Euros, American dollars? The first currency is weak and unstable, so no. The Euro is a disaster waiting to happen, and has been that way ever since it was introduced. The American dollar is the world’s reserve currency, but how long is that going to last? No paper currency remains the reserve currency forever. Is there anything else, any other monetary form? <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">What about gold? The value of gold is stable. It’s not subject to inflation unless there is a highly rare mass discovery. Gold has also stood the test of time. It has been a safe haven for rulers, governments, wealthy elites and others for millennia. Gold would clearly be the best option. <br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What does it mean to invest your faith in gold? For us, gold is the scholars who have stood the test of time and whose value has never decreased. Think of someone like Imam an-Nawawī, may Allah have mercy on him, whose book is mentioned above. This is a scholar of remarkable authority. His books, especially in the sciences of fiqh and ḥadīth, continue to be studied and read to this day. His Lord called him home well over 700 years ago, which means that we know everything we are going to know about him and there are no surprises lurking in ambush. <br /><br />If you invest your faith in Imam an-Nawawī and people like him, people who have stood the test of time and whose value has never decreased, your faith will be safe. If you turn to people like this for answers to your questions, for advice in difficult times, for guidance in the face of falsehood, you will be well-served, and your faith will be safe. It is these people that you need to look at and tell yourself, ‘These are the people bearing Islam. Islam is with these people.’ <br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to studying and learning from people who are alive, you want to be with those people who have saved the gold. You want to follow the living people who, in turn, follow the likes of Imam an-Nawawī in word, creed and deed. Living people like this are akin to a strong paper currency, and a strong paper currency is backed up by gold. They become gold themselves after they have left this world and their works and legacy have stood the test of time. Following people like this and benefitting from them is similar to having gold in one’s vault while using cash for one’s day to day transactions. No matter what happens to the cash, the gold is always there, safe and sound, ready to back you up. <br /><br />In short, we judge the living by the dead. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dangers of investing your faith entirely in living people, especially those who are not backed up by gold, should now be clear to you. If you look at a living person, or a group of living people, and tell yourself, ‘These are the people bearing Islam. Islam is with these people’, you are investing your life savings in paper currencies. Some are stronger than others, that’s true, but none of them are gold, and they can he hyperinflated until they are worthless. If you invest your faith in some Sufi shaykh or hippie convert or cult or political organisation, what will happen when that individual or organisation disappoints you? What will happen to your faith when they drastically change course or can no longer meet your needs? You will lose your faith, plain and simple.</div><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><br clear="all" />
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> This translation has now been
published: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.ibfim.com/img/kmc/2017-publications/007.jpg">http://www.ibfim.com/img/kmc/2017-publications/007.jpg</a></span>
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