Purpose of Punishment
Punishment of any kind is to fulfill one or more of six purposes: 1) restoration, 2) retribution, 3) deterrence, 4) […]
General
Fiqh
Fishy Reasoning: Hanafi Position on Seafood
I begin by praising Allah who created the salty seas, the roaring rivers, and the lustering lakes, then fashioned fish
General
Moral Arguments
I begin by praising Allah who distinguished and legislated good from evil and moral from immoral, then gave us a
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Meaning and Definition
Origin of Meaning Speech and language are miracles from Allah. Allah says: And of His signs is the creation of
History, Quran
Dawood (AS) and Chain Mail
Some people claim the Quran says Dawood (AS) invented chain mail armor but this is historically inaccurate. They say chain
Fiqh
Tazir: Discretionary Punishment according to Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah talks in his book As-Siyasah ash-Shar’iyyah about tazir, its reasons, and its extent. I will provide a non-direct
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Benefits of Suffering
This article is not strictly concerned with solving the problem of evil (see its own article) but will list some
Quran
Two, Three, or Four: Meaning of Verse 4:3
Allah says in the Quran: And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphans, then marry
General
Evidences and Their Power: Is the Quran more important than Hadith?
Definition of Ruling A ruling is to attribute a predicate to a subject. An example is to say a car
General
Justice vs. Equality
A lot of the doubts in many different topics arise due to a conflation of justice with equality. Allah is