Day: May 1, 2020

Do we stick to: The LETTER of the text (حرفية النص), Or the SPIRIT of the text (روح النص)? Well ...both methodologies are valid - but sticking to the spirit (intended meanings/objectives) of the text seems to be the correct methodology, inshaAllah....

Sometimes, people get concerned about petty stuff, while ignoring major stuff. Ibn Al-Jawzi wrote 800 years ago: رجل زنى بامرأة فأحبلها ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : لم تعزل ! فَقَالَ : بلغني أن العزل مكروه . فَقِيلَ لَهُ : وما بلغك أن الزنا حرام " تلبيس إبليس ...