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Response to fiqhtions: Muslim Authorities cannot impose medical treatment without consent

August 29, 2021 by Musa Furber

Fiqhtion: The authorities cannot impose medical treatment without consent. Fiqh: The Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah (Majma’ al-fiqh al-islami)—one of the more reputable councils for examining contemporary fiqh issues—mentions several …

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Responses to several current Fiqhtions

August 30, 2021August 29, 2021 by Musa Furber

Fiqh: “Due to the aforementioned verses, hadiths, and unanimous consensus of the Ummah—” Fiqhtion: “I object! That’s not how we do things in America!” Explanation: The primary sources of Islamic …

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Comment: Killing for wearing tight clothing in public

August 7, 2021 by Musa Furber
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According to this article Police in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh say the Taliban killed a young woman for wearing tight clothing and not being accompanied by a male relative. …

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Muslims need to have a serious conversation on halalifying preying on self-image insecurities

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by Musa Furber

I think it’s high time for Muslims to have a serious conversation about the halalness of industries and products that so overtly exploit and exacerbate insecurities. Someone interested in īmān …

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Comment: Al-Azhar warns against video game which contains demolition of Kaaba

July 1, 2021 by Musa Furber
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There are articles circulating reporting that Al-Azhar has issued a warning against the popular videogame Fortnite. Here is an example: The renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo has issued a warning …

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Ramadan reflection: Consenting to a thing implies consenting to its consequences and externalities

April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 by Musa Furber
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A legal maxim states that consenting to a thing implies consenting to its consequences, too.* For example, someone who consents to an operation, consents to its consequences, for better or …

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Re: “It’s wrong to address the nafs directly”

April 16, 2021 by Musa Furber
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A search for “O nafs” (“يا نقس”) using (https://al-maktaba.org/search) returns 2237 individual pages where it is mentioned at least once. A search just through books up through the end of …

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Parables in the Quran ~ Al-ʿIzz bin ʿAbd al-Salām

November 23, 2020 by Musa Furber

The following comes from al-ʿIzz bin ʿAbd al-Salām al-Sulamī’s booklet Nubadhun min maqāṣid al-kitāb al-ʿazīz (“Overview of the Objectives of the Quran”). More of the book is available through Patreon. …

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A few thoughts on fiqh-ish guidelines for developing toys

October 21, 2020 by Musa Furber

Someone asked about some basic guidelines for toys. In addition to yesterday’s post which covers some of the fiqh related to toys in the form of animate creatures [link], here …

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Textual Basis and Miscellaneous Rulings Related to Depicting Animate Life

October 20, 2020 by Musa Furber

Here is a non-exhaustive collection of textual evidence that Shafii jurists tend to understand to indicate a general-prohibition of depicting animate life: The Prophet ﷺ cursed those who depict living …

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