Quranic Terms Intermediate Fiqh Terms

Sources of Jurisprudence — Quran, Sunnah, Ijma, and Qiyas

Four sources in order: (1) Quran. (2) Authentic Sunnah. (3) Ijma: scholars' consensus in an era on a ruling. (4) Qiyas: analogizing a new …

Quranic Terms Advanced Quranic Sciences

Abrogation (Naskh) — Conditions for Abrogating and Abrogated Texts

Definition: Legal abrogation (Naskh): the lifting of an established Sharia ruling by a later Sharia evidence — proof of divinely guided g…

Quranic Terms Intermediate Quranic Sciences

Translation of the Quran — Ruling and Accepted Methodologies

Definition: Translation of the Quran means conveying its meanings into another language — there are two types: literal and interpretive. …

Quranic Terms Advanced Quranic Sciences

Quranic Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence — Agreed-Upon Foundations

Meaning: The Quran is the primary source of Islamic legislation. Scholars of usul al-fiqh derived near-universally agreed-upon principles…

Quranic Terms Basic Quranic Sciences

Salah upon the Prophet — The Quranic Command and Its Linguistic and Legal Meaning

The verse: "Indeed Allah and His angels send salah upon the Prophet. O you who believe, send salah upon him and salute him with peace." (A…

Fiqh Rulings Intermediate Lawful & Unlawful

Eating Carrion in Necessity — "Whoever Is Forced by Severe Hunger"

Verse: "Forbidden to you are carrion... but whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin — indeed Allah is Forgiving and …

Fiqh Rulings Intermediate Zakah & Charity

Zakat on Gold Jewelry — Scholarly Disagreement and Evidence of Each Side

The question: Is zakat obligatory on gold and silver jewelry worn for adornment? First view: Zakat is obligatory (Hanafis, Zahiris, and…

Fiqh Rulings Advanced Purification

Touching and Its Effect on Wudu — "Or you touched women" and the Juristic Disagreement

Verse: "Or you have touched women." (4:43 and 5:6) Reading variation: "Lamamastum" (with alif of mutual action) read by Nafi, Ibn Kath…

Fiqh Rulings Advanced At-Talaq

Divorce During Menstruation — "For Their Waiting Period" and Its Implications

Verse: "O Prophet, when you divorce women, divorce them for their waiting period." (65:1) Meaning of "for their waiting period": At a …

Fiqh Rulings Intermediate Transactions

Ijarah (Hire Contract) and Its Rulings — "The best you can hire" Al-Qasas 26

Verse: "One of the two women said: O my father, hire him. Indeed the best one you can hire is the strong and trustworthy." (28:26) Evid…

Fiqh Rulings Advanced Lawful & Unlawful

Ruling on Depicting Animate Beings — The Disagreement and Evidence of Those Who Prohibit

Introduction: Photography/depiction is a jurisprudential question without an explicit verse — evidence comes from both Quran and Sunnah to…

Fiqh Rulings Intermediate Hajj

Umrah — Is It Obligatory? Evidence of Both Sides

Verse: "Complete the Hajj and Umrah for Allah." (2:196) The disputed question: Is Umrah obligatory like Hajj — or merely a strongly re…

Fiqh Rulings Intermediate Transactions

The Ruling on Music — Between the Scholars and the Quranic Foundation

The cited verse: "Among people is one who buys idle talk to mislead from the way of Allah" (Luqman 31:6) — Ibn Masud, Ibn Abbas and a grou…

Fiqh Rulings Basic Purification

Tayammum and Its Rulings — An-Nisa 43 and Al-Maidah 6

The two verses: An-Nisa 4:43: "And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the toilet, or you have been intimate with wo…

Quranic Readings Advanced Differences

Jurisprudential Differences Between Readings — How Reading Affects Meaning

Different readings may imply different jurisprudential rulings: Example 1 — Al-Maidah 6 (wudu): "Your feet to the ankles" — read with …

Quranic Readings Advanced Fiqh

Reading Differences in Rulings Verses — Direct Jurisprudential Impact

The usul al-fiqh principle: A correct mutawatir reading is treated as an independent verse — each establishes a Sharia ruling and may est…

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