2 Articles Flashcards
2 Articles
Write the 5 Maxims in Arabic & English.
Matters will be judged by their purposes
الأمور بمقاصدها
Certainty will not be overturned by doubt
اليقين لا يزول بالشك
Harm must be removed
الضرر يزال
Hardship must be alleviated
العسر يجلب التيسير
Custom has the weight of the law
العادة محكمة
What are the 2 types of obligations? Differences?
Fard ‘Ayn & Fard Kifaya. Personal Obligations & Communal Obligations. A personal obligation must be fulfilled by every mukallaf Muslim. A communal obligation must be fulfilled by someone (not everyone).
What is “Waqf” and explain!
Endowment funds. Capital (money or property) is invested. The profit is used to support a specific cause. These upheld the Muslim civilization (but they were lost or stolen at the collapse of the Muslim civilization). We must rebuild them!
What are the 5 “Maqasid” and define “maqasid”
These are the 5 objectives of Islamic Law. In order: preserving religion, life, intellect, property, family.
What are the terms for the 3 priorities in Arabic & English?
Daruriyyat, Hajiyyat, Tahseeniyyat. Necessities, Needs, Beautifications. For example: house, washing machine, and chandalier.
Define altruism.
Selfless concern for others.
Translate Etiquette of Disagreement to Arabic and explain.
Adab-ul Ikhtilaf. Even when we disagree, we do so with proper manners.
Hadith: what happens when we abandon an argument?
God replaces it with a house in paradise. And if one is correct and still abandons the argument, God replaces it with a house in the highest levels of paradise.
Translate & Explain: المختلف فيه لا ينكر
The disagreed-upon shall not be discredited. This means that if others are different valid opinions, then we should not oppose such opinions.
Define “Scrupulousness” in English, and write the term in Arabic.
ورع. It is being careful and avoiding the doubtful
What are the two types of assumptions? In Arabic and English.
سوء الظن & حسن الظن. Giving someone the benefit of the doubt and 70 excuses, or not
Explain استصحاب in English and provide 3 examples.
Presumption of continuity. We presume someone is innocent (not guilty), something is pure (not impure), and something is halal (not haram).
Why is indifference to beauty tantamount to indifference to the divine?
Not knowing the difference between beauty and ugliness, may lead to not knowing the difference between truth & falsehood!
What is the difference between true beauty and false beauty?
True Beauty: timeless & tranquil; False Beauty: imbalanced, dissonance, chaotic
What is the difference between sacred art and religious art?
They both often share the same substance; however, the form could be very different. Sacred art inspires tawhid through symmetry & harmony. Religious art is not necessarily symmetrical or harmonious, even though it contains religious symbols.
