Category «Harvested Jewels»

Riba (interest) and Doctrine of Necessity

Some appellants (to the permissibility of Riba’ in modern times) have tried to attract the doctrine of necessity to the case of ribaand argue that the Holy Qur’an has allowed even to eat pork in the case of extreme hunger to save one’s life. The argument of some appellant was that the interest-based system has now become a universal necessity and no country can live without it.

Fasting in the holy month of Muḥarram

Ibn ʿAbbās said: When the Prophet ṣalallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam came to Medina, he found the Jews observing fast on the day of ʿĀshūrā’; so they were asked about it (by the Prophet). They said: This is a day on which Allah gave Moses domination over Pharaoh. We fast on it out of reverence to him. The Messenger of Allah ṣalallāhu ʿalayhi wasallam said: We have a closer connection with Moses than you have. He then gave orders that it should be observed…