How the fuqaha" and ulama" Have Misconstrued the Qur’anic Phrase - b Conclusion To prescribe what is right and to proscribe what...
Misconstrued the Qur’anic Phrase A
How the fuqaha" and ulama" Have Misconstrued the Qur’anic Phrase - a In order to strengthen their grip on people’s private and...
‘What Is Right’ ( al-ma’ruf )
‘What Is Right’ ( al-ma’ruf ) The Arabic term for the phrase ‘what is right’, al-ma’ruf, is derived from the verb ‘a-r-f, whose...
Major & Minor Sins in the Quran – B
Major sins in the Quran -b Diversity led to tensions and people began to disagree about the correct way of eating, drinking,...
Major & Minor Sins in the Quran – A
Major sins in the Quran All heavenly messages in general, and also Muhammad’s message in particular, distinguish between two...
prescribe right and proscribe wrong -B
prescribe right and proscribe wrong -b ‘To Proscribe’ (al-nahy) The Arabic noun al-nahy is derived from the regular verb nahy...
“Prescribe What Is Right and Proscribe What Is Wrong” -A
“Prescribe What Is Right and Proscribe What Is Wrong” -a In this part we propose to correct the fuqaha"s’ interpretation of the...
Apostasy from Islam – C
Apostasy from Islam - c Given this political history, it is peculiar to see a revival of Umar’s very narrowly defined view on...
Apostasy from Islam – B
Apostasy from Islam - b The prime minister of Great Britain, for example, has been appointed to lead a government because he...
Apostasy from Islam – A
Apostasy from Islam - a We defined the lower and nonnegotiable limit of Islam as a commitment to believe in God, the Last Day,...
Apostasy – D
Apostasy - d Many factors contributed to this amalgamation of apostasy with politics; we name only six: a) The tendency to...
Apostasy – C
Apostasy - c c)They contradict other hadiths of the Prophet, for example: Abu Huraira reports that the Prophet said: ‘None of...
Apostasy – B
Apostasy - b Neither verse suggests punishing the apostate in any specific (corporeal) or personal way. Given the fact that the...
Apostasy – A
Apostasy - a The notion that apostasy is forbidden and that apostates will be punished by death has often been used by political...
Defining the term women – E
Defining the term women - pt-e The use of the conditional phrase ‘but if you do good… ’ in 4:128 indicates that Allah accepts...