Tag: education2016
The single deed that saved them
“And We have not sent you, , except as a mercy for the ʿAlamīn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).” Alḥamdulillah, ours is an ummah blessed with the immeasurable and infinite Mercy…
“Repent, Believe and do Righteous Work”
And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden , except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should…
Behind closed doors: “It’s my life, and I’ll sin if I want to”
Allāh says, إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَإِذَا حَكَمْتُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَنْ تَحْكُمُوا بِالْعَدْلِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نِعِمَّا يَعِظُكُمْ بِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا “Allāh commands you to restore…
Doubt in Islamic Law – a history of avoiding punishment
Book Review - Doubt in Islamic Law: A History of Legal Maxims, Interpretation, and Islamic Criminal Law "Avoid imposing criminal sanctions in cases of doubt" - idra’u ‘l-hudud bi’l-shubahat - is the juristic maxim at…
Education: The Difference Between Freedom & Slavery
Frederick Douglass, the infamous runaway slave who became a strong orator of the abolitionist movement, highlights in his autobiography a moment during his youth when he lived with his master’s brother’s family.…