Among the sins of the hands are: 1. (To short-cheat when measuring by volume, weight, or arm length;) such that when one buys from another he receives all of what he deserves completely, but when he sells to another, he short-delivers the item by cheating the buyer out of some of what he deserves, receiving from him the complete value…
Among the sins of the ear are: 1. (To listen to the private conversation) to listen to the dialogue between people, (which others) which such people do not want others to hear, rather they (meant to hide;) their conversation. Doing so is a type of unlawful spying. 2. (To listen to the flute, tambura,) because they are among the unlawful…
Among the sins of the tongue are: 1. (To commit gossip-ghibah) i.e., to mention, in the absence of a Muslim,) be him young or old, alive or dead, (a true matter about him that he hates to be mentioned;) that he would hate to be said about him if he heard, whether such a matter was related to his body,…
Among the sins of the eye are: 1. (For men to look at the faces and hands of marriageable women) a marriageable woman-ajnabiyyah i.e. other than the women whom they are not permitted to marry under any circumstances; (with desire) i.e. with enjoyment, at their faces and hands. However, it is not unlawful to look there without desire, because the…
Among the sins of the abdomen are: 1. (To consume the money of usurious gain-riba);) Consuming in this context means to benefit from, whether such benefit is by way of food consumption or through other than that. Furthermore, the one who takes the money of usurious gain is sinful, as well as the one who pays it, the writer of…
Among the sins of the heart are: 1. (The insincerity- riya’ in performing the good deeds ,) like in paying Zakah, fasting, and reading Qur’an, (i.e., to do the good deeds) the obedience, (for the sake of the people -to be praised by them. This) insincerity in performing the good deeds, (nullifies their reward,) i.e. it nullifies the reward of…
Imam Abu Hafs ^Umar Ibn Ahmad (an-Nasafiyy[1]), may Allah have mercy upon him, (said) in his famous book, “The Nasafiyy Creed,” (that if a person hit glass with a stone and broke it, then the acts of hitting) which is the act of the slave with the stone[2] which may or may not result in the breaking of the glass,…
No one other than Allah—be it nature) which are the specific normal characteristics Allah specified the bodies with; such as the nature of fire is to burn; (or ‘^illah’—) which is a cause that whenever it exists, the result exists, and whenever it does not exist, the result does not exist; such as the movement of a finger wearing a…
Allah ta^ala is not similar to any of the creation, as Dhun-Nun al-Misriyy[1], may Allah raise his rank, said: “Whatever you imagine in your mind, Allah is different from it.”[2] (Allah exists without a beginning,) i.e., He is eternal, (and everything else) that exists in the world (exists with a beginning), i.e., it started existing after it was non-existent. (He…
Allah is (the Creator “al-Khaliq”), i.e., the One Who brought all the creations from inexistence into existence. He is (the Sustainer “ar-Raziq”), i.e., the One Who provides the sustenance to His slaves. He is (Knowledgeable “al-^Alim”), i.e., the One attributed with the Eternal and Everlasting attribute of Knowledge that does not change, increase, decrease, or get renewed. He is Knowledgeable…