So with all this appalling #KavanaghHearing news, I figured I’d comment on the inherent virtue jurisprudence of Islamic law in it’s appointment and regulation of judicial appointees.
There seems to be much ado these days about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as they gain traction in muslim-majority circles and developing nations. The ability of cryptocurrencies to expand markets, going over the heads of regulators due to its decentralized nature makes it an appealing asset to prospective investors. Some may be seeking to free capital from government control, others simply looking for an easy way to transfer
In a recent CNN interview on Nov 18th, 2016 Kayleigh McEnany, Trump surrogate and political commentator, quoted Andrew McCarthy (a National Review columnist) as an “Academic” source for her statement “…that 90% of the Quran is a legal document and is Shariah.”
You can give all of your zakat to one person as long as he/she is eligible. You may also divide up your zakat and pay it to several people, as long as they are eligible under one of the eight categories.
There is general agreement that Zakat is not to be given to anyone who is fighting against Islam and Muslims; this is a point that does not need much elaboration. As for others who are non-combatant, and do not show enmity towards Islam and Muslims then medieval scholars differed as to whether such a person can be given Zakat.
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First, I’d like to point out that almost no one I know thinks that ISIS are good guys.
They also don’t think they are the astronomical threat to all humanity that they are made out to be.
They feel that the media gives them way too much play.
Do they (and I) believe they are off their rockers? Yes.
Do they (and I) believe that they too will pass? Yes.
Do they (and I) believe that some other group will be propped up in their place? Probably (Remember Khorasan?)
In the broadest sense possible, I touched on many of these topics in 2010 at a lecture hosted at Texas A&M University. You can watch it here:
Presentation at the Department of Multicultural Services at Texas A&M University & the & MSA at TAMU.
Continuing along the lines of deconstructing Islamic Law, I thought I would outline here the high-level categories of Islamic law as laid out in most Islamic legal texts.
#1 – Binary
Islamic law can be look at in a binary sense, i.e. with two main categories:
‘Ibadat – Acts of DevotionThis includes prayer, purity (being a condition for prayer), fasting, pilgrimage, customs, food and drink, in general all of those things that are done out of personal conviction in devotion to God.
Mu’amalat – Civil actionsBusiness, loans, partnerships, Criminal law, family law, the judiciary, international relations, etc… in general all of those things which involve interacting with other human beings.
#2 – another binary formIslamic Law can also be categorized into another binary form
Usul – Fundamentals
Furu’ – secondary issues
In this categorization, law is looked at in the bigger picture, taking into consideration the basis for which the individual laws were formed. this is similar to the differentiation between postive and natural law.
#3 – Trinary
‘Ibadat – Acts of Devotion
Mu’amalat – Civil actions
Customs – this differs here from #1 in that customs are not necessarily acts of devotion, but are regulated in that they usually involve society as a whole. It also differs with mu’malat in that there is generally no communative or charitable ‘exchange’ going on here, even though there is a cultural one.
#4- quaternary
‘Ibadat – Acts of Devotion
Mu’amalat – Civil actions
al-ankiHah or Fiqh al-Usrah – Family Law
Fiqh al-Jinayat – Penal law
#5 – quinternary
‘Ibadat – Acts of Devotion
Mu’amalat – Civil actions
al-ankiHah or Fiqh al-Usrah – Family Law
Fiqh al-Jinayat – Penal law
al-Siyar – International relations
#6 – septenary
‘Ibadat – Acts of Devotion
Mu’amalat – Civil actions
al-ankiHah or Fiqh al-Usrah – Family Law
‘Ilm al-QaDa’ – Judicial law (including arbitration)
Fiqh al-Jinayat – Penal law
al-Siyar – International relations
al-Siyasah -literally politics, but here meaning domestic affairs
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