Customs ('Adat) and Customary Usage ('Urf)Custom is a matter on which a community of people agree in the course of their daily life, and common usage is an action which is...
The Principle of Means (adh-Dhara'i')This is another of the principles on which Imam Malik often relied when deriving judgements and in that respect Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal...
The Principle of al-Masalih al-Mursala (Considerations of Public Interest)The great majority of scholars of ethics incline to the view that the governing measure of all that is good and evil in any action is the...
The Restoration of ZakatFrom what we have seen it is clear that in order for the fiqh of zakat to be properly applied again and the pillar of zakat restored to...
The Fiqh of ZakatLinguistically zakat means growth, increase and purification. In the shari'a the term refers to the amount of money or kind taken from...
The Elimination of ZakatThese ayats and hadiths referring to zakat are accepted by every Muslim. No Muslim denies the central role of zakat in Islam as an...