The Faith » Values of Islam

Imam Ali Ibn Abi al `Izz al Hanafi (False) security and despair are tools Satan uses to misguide people. The right attitude for true believer lies in a balance between the two.  That is to say, a servant of God should remain between fear and hope. For, the right and the approved kind of fear […]

Balance Fear and Hope

Imam Ali Ibn Abi al `Izz al Hanafi (False) security and despair are tools Satan uses to misguide people. The right attitude for true believer lies in a balance between the two.  That is to say, a servant of God should remain between fear and hope. For, the right and the approved kind of fear […]

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Do methodologically sound criteria exist for determining what is correct and what is in error? They certainly do. Those criteria are clear and precise, and we shall be discussing some of them.  One: The Religious Criterion This criterion is established upon three sources: 1. The Qur’ân. God says: “Pay attention! those who disbelieve in the […]

Criteria for Determining what is right

Do methodologically sound criteria exist for determining what is correct and what is in error? They certainly do. Those criteria are clear and precise, and we shall be discussing some of them.  One: The Religious Criterion This criterion is established upon three sources: 1. The Qur’ân. God says: “Pay attention! those who disbelieve in the […]

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Shaykh Nathim Sultan  Islam is based on a law system derived from God’s revelation. There are 5 rulings any action may fall under. Obligatory, preferred, permissible, disliked, and forbidden. It is well known in Islamic law that everything is permissible except that which is clearly forbidden in the authentic texts. Also according to the scholars, […]

Effects of Good Intentions on Permissible actions

Shaykh Nathim Sultan  Islam is based on a law system derived from God’s revelation. There are 5 rulings any action may fall under. Obligatory, preferred, permissible, disliked, and forbidden. It is well known in Islamic law that everything is permissible except that which is clearly forbidden in the authentic texts. Also according to the scholars, […]

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Islam is the religion of all times and places. It is a perfect system of temporal values. By practicing its laws Muslims all over the world not only attain spirituality but the pinnacle of all other glories and gain the wealth of health. There is a great inter-relationship between modern medicine and some of our […]

Islamic teachings & Modern Medicine

Islam is the religion of all times and places. It is a perfect system of temporal values. By practicing its laws Muslims all over the world not only attain spirituality but the pinnacle of all other glories and gain the wealth of health. There is a great inter-relationship between modern medicine and some of our […]

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