Justice And Liberation Flashcards
Quran in justice
Sura 3
Enjoin what is right and forbidding what is wrong
Hadith in justice
Al Khadri
Whoever among you sees evil, he must change it within his hand, then with his tongue, then with his heart”
Al Nawawi
3 Modes of justice
Changing evil by hand - STATE
Changing evil by tongue - ULEMA
Ordinary Muslims - HEARTS
Hadith on justice
Social responsibility
Ibn Basheer
Ship analogy - hole in the ship affects whole ship
Justice provides order
Al Ghazali
Forbidding wrong only a duty for believers
Justice
Social responsibility
Ibn Allan
If justice is not maintained to order society will result in tyranny of leaders
Against individual liberty
Ibn Masud
The greatest sin in the sight of Allah is for when a Persian is told ‘fear Allah’ and responds ‘mind your own business’
Against individual liberty
Ibn Taymiyyah
You tie them in chains and shackles and drag them off to paradise
Muhammad as merciful
Prayed for his enemies
“One who returns love for hatred”
Hanafi School
Faraz Khan - 6 criteria
Sound knowledge of ulema ideas Gentleness Steadfast Certain the other person will listen Outcome won’t worsen situation Pure intentions
Hadith - Muhammad in Jihad
Jabir
“You have arrived with and excellent arrival, you have come from lesser jihad to jihad”
Lesser Jihad
Sura 4
Not equal are those believers who sit at home and receive no hurt and those who fight in the cause of Allah
Criticism of Muhammad on Jihad
Abdullah Azzam
It is in fact a false, fabricated Hadith
Criticism of Muhammad on Jihad
Ibn Taymiyyah
This Hadith has no source
David Cook
No scholar can argue that Jihad is entirely non-violent or spiritual