Hanbali

1. Explain what the 5 Pillars of Islam are. The five pillars of Islam or obligatory duties to God are the profession of faith (acknowledges a single God and Muhammad was his prophet which affirms Islam’s absolute monotheism to model themselves after his messenger), prayer (has to be performed five times a day to worship God by the muezzin (caller to prayer) from on the top of a mosque’s minaret as well as facing towards Mecca in a set ritual as part of an individual and communal obligation),…

Saudi Arabia’s criminal punishment is rather unique when compared to Western societies, in particular the United States. Sharia law is the law of the land quite common in most Islamic countries; However, Saudi Arabia has a ‘modernized’ version of the Sharia which is applied by court systems during judicial proceedings. Moreover, the original or uncodified Sharia law is regard as the superior script of law and the modernized version is subordinate. The Sharia laws mostly advocate for corporal or…

What is the ideology of Daesh? For centuries Muslim scholars and philosopher have been debating about the morality and political philosophy in Islam and it is not very unclear. It’s based on Quran, Hadith, and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Many Islamic scholars have argued that political theory of Islam did not exist as independent disciplines in Islam. Islamic political philosophy is in addition to Quranic exegesis, hadith, theology, ethics, historiography and philosophical works. The theory…

Theories of Muslimness in the history of Muslim thought: The problem of Muslimness and accusation of unbelief was one of early Islamic debates in the history of Islam that began from the 8th and 9th centuries CE onwards.(3) The problem of "Muslimness" is one of the most important issues in Islam that effected in view of the Muslim to each other and brought the segregation and various guidelines for each Islamic group. In this regard, Islamic sects perceive the inherent superiority for their…

4.1 Islamic Views on Abortion Preservation of life is one of the primary objectives of the Islamic Divine Law (maqasid al-shari’ah). Besides preservation of life, Islamic shari’ah also aims to preserve religion, intellect, honour (family lineage) and property. Conducts and behaviours that are deemed to violate these aims are prohibited, while conducts that are set to achieve these aims are considered morally right. In this case, since abortion involves the termination of life, it is considered…

making this comment, Elbih argues that like Christianity, Islam has many different sects. Each one of these sects greatly impact on what each religion practises. In Islam there are twenty-three sects. The most popular Sunni sects, such as the Hanafi, Hanbali, shaft’i, Maliki. Also the shi’a sects, including Jaffari, Ismailiyah, and Alaywitte. At the same time if we can not hold protestants to be accountable for pedophilic priests from the catholic church then we can not hold Muslims to be…

In today’s contemporary society religion and law are viewed as two distinct categories, which seem to never interconnect or even cross lines with one another. Religion is often regarded as a personal entity that has no effect on the community as a whole. This westernized view of religion is true to a certain extent— religion is a personal choice, but it is also a method of control. Religion, in this case, Islam, is crafted in such a way that satisfies the wellbeing of the individual, and along…