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Jul 2022
Why Etiquettes matter Since the first and second century Hijri, there have been a plethora of books and works on the topic of Adaab-ul-‘Alim-ul-Muta’aalim ‘The Etiquettes of the Scholars and the Knowledge Seekers’. Knowledge of Allah is sacred and was sent to us through His Prophet (peace be upon him), so we deal with it as such. There’s no way to compare sacred knowledge with non-sacred knowledge. This is why many who have studied in the west do not grasp the concept of the etiquettes of knowledge. Meanwhile those who have studied......
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05
Jul 2022
Imam Ghazali who was a great theologian and usuli has written brilliantly about usul al fiqh, says 99% of rulings come with ‘ila’ – the explanation of the wisdom behind them, but there is 1% where we do not have the explanation. One of these is why we perform 7 tawaf. Allah Almighty did not tell us. We can surmise the possible reasons, but we do not have a way to confirm this. Similarly when we pray, it is prescriptive (tawkifi) so we do not know why Allah selected 2 rakahs for......
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