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    {The Absolute

    Essentials of Islam}
    Faith, Worship, and Spirituality

    Lesson Four: The Rulings of Sacred Law

    Faraz Rabbani

    Review of Lesson
    Three

    Attributes of Allah
    Remaining Pillars of Belief

    The Attributes of
    Allah (Most High)

    Personal Negative Affirmative

    Beginninglessness, Life, Knowledge, Will,


    Being Endlessness, Distinctness, Power, Hearing, Seeing,
    Independence, Oneness Speech

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    Belief in the Hereafter
    What is {death}?
    Life of the Grave
    Resurrection
    Gathering
    Questioning and the Scales
    The Bridge over Hell
    Heaven and Hell
    4

    Belief in Destiny

    Two principles:
    (1) We are responsible, and
    act by choice granted by Allah
    (2) Allah is the creator of all
    things, in accordance with
    destiny & decree

    Lesson Four

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    What is a Ruling?

    Different Rulings
    Rational Rulings (hukm `aqli)
    Legal Rulings (hukm shar`i)
    Divine Rulings (hukm
    takwini)

    What is a Ruling?
    Four Aspects of Rulings
    (1) The Ruling (al-hukm)
    (2) The Ruler (al-hakim)
    (3) The Ruled (al-mahkum)
    (4) The Nature of the Ruling
    (al-mahkum bihi)

    Types of Ruling
    Two Aspects of Texts
    Transmission (thubut)
    Indication (dilala)
    Two Types of Texts
    Decisive (qat`i)
    Non-Decisive (dhanni)

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    Why Eight Rulings?

    The Firm Command:


    Decisive/Non-Decisive (Obligatory/Necessary)
    The Firm Interdiction:
    Decisive/Non-Decisive (Prohibited/Prohibitively Disliked)
    The Encouragement:
    Firm/Not Firm (Emphasized Sunna/Recommended Sunna)
    The Discouragement:
    The Disliked
    The Permission:
    The Permissible

    Obligatory

    Necessary

    Commands Emphasized Sunna

    Rulings of the Recommended Sunna


    Permissible
    Sacred Law
    Somewhat disliked

    Interdictions
    Prohibitively Disliked

    Prohibited

    Why Levels of Ruling?

    (1) Mercy
    (2) Justice
    (3) Ease
    (4) Test
    (5) Opportunity

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    The Obligatory (fard)

    (1) How is it established?


    (2) Accepting
    (3) Acting upon
    (4) Leaving
    (5) Implication if left

    13

    The Necessary (wajib)

    (1) How is it established?


    (2) Accepting
    (3) Acting upon
    (4) Leaving
    (5) Implication if left

    14

    What are differences between the


    obligatory and necessary?

    (1) How is it established?


    (2) Accepting
    (3) Acting upon
    (4) Leaving
    (5) Implication if left

    15

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    The Sunna: Emphasized & Recommended
    (1) How is it established?
    (2) Accepting
    (3) Acting upon
    (4) Leaving
    (5) Implication if left
    Difference between the
    emphasized and recommended
    sunna?
    16

    The Permitted
    Most things: permitted
    Opporunity: intention
    Examples:
    (1) Work
    (2) Social relations
    (3) Eating
    (4) Shopping
    17

    Somewhat Disliked (makruh tanzihan)

    Commanded to leave
    Not firmly
    If left:
    (1) Not sinful
    (2) Lost reward
    (3) No redress

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    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    The Prohibited

    Both commanded to leave


    Difference:
    (1) Acceptance
    (2) Implication if done

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    Consequence

    20

    The Way of Love

    21

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014
    The Path of Guidance
    Hadith Qudsi:
    “My servant draws close to Me by nothing more beloved to
    Me than what I have made obligatory for them.
    And My servant continues to draw close to Me through
    recommended works until I love them…”
    Two steps to guidance:
    (1) Doing the obligatory (leaving the prohibted)
    (2) Doing the recommended (leaving the disliked)
    Consequence: closeness and love

    The Way of Mercy & Ease

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    {The Absolute
    Essentials of Islam}
    Faith, Worship, and Spirituality

    Next: Lesson Five: Purification

    Faraz Rabbani

    Absolute Essentials of Islam - 04 - Rulings of Law - Steps 2014T3.key - October 11, 2014

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