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28. Relationships Between Individuals


The rules which have been explained are a sample of the Shari’ah rules related to the Islamic State and its relationship with other states, peoples and nations. Some of the rules were clarified therein as a sample for the rest of the rules until it is clarified for the Muslim thence the basis upon which these general relations stand and the category of rules which treat its problems. There are relations between individuals upon which their benefits stand in their lives. Islam came and treated these relations between individuals with Shari’ah rules specific with individual relations, general for human beings in his essence as a human being.

Islam in all its legislation legislates for human beings not for specific individuals but it legislates for the human being represented in individuals. It legislates for these individuals with their human attribute in their consideration as a collection of people who are a community and legislates for these individuals and this community what they need of relationships and of the relationships between individuals by whose existence a community is created. And since the connotation by human beings is the species of human beings irrespective of his being Khalid or Muhammad, the legislation came for this human being not for a specific individual. And since the intention by the individual is a specific person in respect of his being a particular Khalid or Muhammad, Islam made performing the legislated responsibilities requested from the individual in his individualised capacity and intended by it is the treatment of the problems of the individual as an individual, and commanded the restriction with all that Islam came with. The rules, even if legislated for human beings, yet the one requested to undertake its responsibilities is the specific individual as any Khalid or Muhammad. However this is not in his individual capacity specific to him wherein none other can associate with him such as his length, his love of young herbs, his abstention from meat, but rather as an individual in the capacity of his being a human being upon whom applies the innate attributes of the human wherein appears the vital energy which manifest in the actions of this individual in his capacity as a human being. Islam came with rules to organise the relationships between individuals in their public and private lives i.e. it came with rules to organise their relationships between people just as it came with rules legislated to organise relationships between people and the State, and between the State and other states or to organise the community in respect of it being a community. All of these are rules imposed upon a specific individual, Muhammad or Khalid or Hassan but in respect of his being a human being.

From following the Shari’ah rules in their generality, we find that when Islam legislated rules it protected the interests of the individual in his specific personality and the interests of the community in which he lives in its capacity as a community composed of individuals in its essence as a community not in the relation to relationships between individuals. When it legislates for the community with the relationships within it, it protects the individual’s interests, and when it legislates for the individual in the relationships between him and other(s) it protects the interests of the community. Accordingly we find that when it allowed the State the right to take from the Muslims’ wealth to administer the affairs of the citizens where it explicitly stated revenues are not sufficient, it restricted the State not to take more than what Allah (swt) obliged upon the community like taking money for jihad or feeding the hungry. And it restricted it not to take this except from the excess money of the wealthy i.e. what exceeds their basic needs which are food, clothing and shelter, and their basic needs which are considered necessities according to the definition of their society i.e. according to the well-known from their needs like marriage and what they are depend upon to satisfy like their remote needs, servants and similar to this. Within this legislation to preserve the society is the protection for the individual’s interests. You will also find that when the Shar’a allows the individual to build a house or plant a garden that it imposes upon him a path for the people and prevents him from building, planting or cultivating in any way that encroaches upon the right of the path of public property. And when it allows the individual to sell what he owns outside the homelands of Islam in trade, it prevented him from selling weapons and all that strengthens the enemy against Muslims. This legislation for the individual protects the community’s interests.

Accordingly the legislation which organises relationships between individuals on top of its being legislation for individual relationships cannot be separated from its being legislation for a human being or its being legislation for the community or its being legislation for the society i.e. for the standing relationships between the individuals of this community. Hence the model (namadhij) for the Shari’ah rules related to the relationships of individuals are Shari’ah rules general for all humanity even if they treat the relationships of individuals and are applied upon specific individuals who directly perform them. For example, trade is Shari’ah rules for organising the relationships between individuals who implement the Islamic rules under the banner of the Islamic State. They are the ones who directly perform these rules; however they apply to all individuals of humanity. When Muhammad and Khalid directly undertake trade, both are addressed to execute the rules of trade as they are engaged in trade, and Hassan and Salih are not requested by them as they are not engaged in trade. The rules of trade are legislated to be implemented by individuals but in their capacity of being human beings living in a community and they implement them when a problem arises and they directly perform it. Since the individual Muslim is obliged for the Islamic rules upon his individual actions, then it is an individual obligation upon him to know the Shar’a rules in each issue he intends to directly perform. So it is beneficial to offer a model (namadhij) of the rules related to the relationships between them so that Muslims know them and return to the books of Shari’ah to know what they need.

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Chapters (185)
  1. 1Transliteration Guide
  2. 21. Personality
  3. 31.1 The Islamic Personality
  4. 41.2 The Formation Of Personality
  5. 51.3 Gaps In Conduct
  6. 62. The Islamic Aqidah
  7. 72.1 The Meaning Of Imān In The Day Of Resurrection
  8. 82.2 The Emergence Of The Mutakallimīn And Their Approach
  9. 92.3 The Error In The Methodology Of The Mutakallimīn
  10. 102.4 How The Issue Of Al-qadaa’ Wa‘l- Qadar Emerged
  11. 112.5 Al-qadr
  12. 122.6 Al-qadā’
  13. 132.7 Al-qadā’ Wa‘l-qadar
  14. 142.8 Guidance And Misguidance
  15. 152.9 The Termination Of The Life-span [ajāl ] Is The Sole Cause Of Death
  16. 162.10 Provision [rizq] Is In The Hands Of Allah Alone
  17. 172.11 The Attributes [sifāt] Of Allah
  18. 182.12 The Muslim Philosophers
  19. 192.13 The Prophets And Messengers
  20. 202.14 The Infallibility Of The Prophets
  21. 212.15 The Revelation
  22. 222.16 It Is Not Allowed On The Part Of The Messenger Pbuh That He Be A Mujtahid
  23. 233. The Noble Qur'ān
  24. 243.1 The Compilation Of The Qur’ān
  25. 253.2 The Qur’ānic Script
  26. 263.3 The Miracle Of The Qur’ān
  27. 274. The Sunnah
  28. 284.1 The Sunnah Is A Sharī’ah Evidence Like The Qur’ān
  29. 294.2 Inferring Evidences From The Sunnah
  30. 304.3 The Solitary Report (khabar Al-ahad) Is Not A Decisive Proof (hujjah) For Beliefs
  31. 314.4 The Difference Between The ‘aqīdah And The Sharī’ah Rule (hukm Shar’i)
  32. 325. Ijtihād And Taqlīd
  33. 335.1 Expert Research (ijtihād)
  34. 345.2 The Conditions Of Ijtihād
  35. 355.2 Taqlīd
  36. 365.3 The Reality Of Taqlīd
  37. 375.4 The States Of Muqallidin And Their Preponderant Qualifications
  38. 385.5 Migrating From One Mujtahid To Another
  39. 396. Learning The Sharī’ah Rule
  40. 407. The Strength Of The Evidence (quwwa Al-dalīl)
  41. 418. Consultation (shūrā) Or The Adoption Of An Opinion In Islam
  42. 429. Science And Culture
  43. 439.1 The Islamic Culture
  44. 449.2 The Method Of Study In Islam
  45. 459.3 Acquisition Of Culture (thaqafa) And Sciences
  46. 469.4 The Cultural Movement
  47. 479.5 The Position Of Muslims With Regards To Non- Muslim Cultures
  48. 4810. The Islamic Disciplines
  49. 4910.1 Tafsīr (qur’ānic Exegesis)
  50. 5010.2 The Exegetical Approaches Of Mufassirun
  51. 5111. Sources Of Tafsīr
  52. 5211.1 The Ummah's Need Today For Mufassirin
  53. 5312. The Science Of Ḥadīth (‘ilm Al-ḥadīth)
  54. 5412.1 The Hadīth
  55. 5512.2 The Transmitters Of Hadīth (ruwat Al Hadith)
  56. 5612.3 The One Whose Narration Is Accepted And The One Whose Narration Is Not Accepted And The Exposition Of (the Science Of) Invalidation And Attestation Of Reliability (al-jarh Wa Ta'dīl)
  57. 5712.4 Narrations Of The Muslim Sects
  58. 5812.5 Arration By Meaning (riwaya Bil Ma’na) And Abridgement Of The Hadīth
  59. 5912.6 Categories Of Hadīth
  60. 6012.7 Categories Of The Khabar Al-ahād
  61. 6112.8 The Accepted Hadīth (maqbul) And The Rejected Hadīth (mardud)
  62. 6212.9 The Mursal Hadīth
  63. 6312.10 The Ḥadīth Qudsi
  64. 6412.11 The Inability To Prove The Authenticity Of A Hadīth From Its Sanad Does Not Indicate That It Is A Weak Hadīth
  65. 6512.12 Consideration Of The Hadīth As An Evidence In The Sharī’ah Rules
  66. 6613. Prophetic Biography (sīrah) And History
  67. 6714. The Principles Of Islamic Jurisprudence (usūl Al-fiqh)
  68. 6814.1 Fiqh (jurisprudence)
  69. 6914.2 The Development Of Fiqh
  70. 7014.3 The Effect Of Disputes And Debates (munazarat) On Islamic Jurisprudence
  71. 7114.4 The Flourishing Of Islamic Jurisprudence
  72. 7214.5 The Decline Of Islamic Jurisprudence
  73. 7314.6 The Myth Of The Influence Of Roman Law On Islamic Jurisprudence
  74. 7415. Studying Fiqh
  75. 7516. Examples (namadhij) Of Fiqh
  76. 7617. The Khilafah
  77. 7717.1 The Time Limit Given For Muslims To Appoint A Khalifah
  78. 7817.2 Contracting (in’iqad) The Khilafah
  79. 7917.3 The Pledge (bay’ah)
  80. 8017.4 The Conditions Of Eligibility For The Khalifah
  81. 8117.5 Seeking The Khilafah Post
  82. 8217.6 The Unity Of The Khilafah
  83. 8317.7 Succession (istikhlaf) Or Reign (‘ahd)
  84. 8417.8 The Method To Appoint The Khalifah
  85. 8517.9 The Shar'a Did Not Designate A Specific Person For The Khilafah
  86. 8617.10 General Responsibilities/duties
  87. 8718 The Islamic State Is A Human State And Not A Theocratic State.
  88. 8818.1 Deposing Or Removal Of The Khalifah
  89. 8919. The Leadership (al-imarah)
  90. 9019.1 Obedience (at-ta’ah)
  91. 9119.2 The Khalifah's Adoption Of Rules And Styles I.e. Adopting Canons
  92. 9220. Jihad
  93. 9320.1 The Khalifah And Jihad
  94. 9420.2 The Meaning Of The Khalifah Supervising The Army's Leadership
  95. 9520.3 The Martyr
  96. 9620.4 Guarding The Frontiers (ar-ribat)
  97. 9720.5 The Islamic Army
  98. 9820.6 Seeking The Assistance Of Disbelievers In Fighting
  99. 9920.7 Preparing The Islamic Army
  100. 10020.8 Flags And Banners
  101. 10120.9 Captives
  102. 10221. The War Policy
  103. 10321.1 Lying In War
  104. 10421.2 Spying
  105. 10521.3 Truce (hudna)
  106. 10621.4 Military Alliances
  107. 10721.5 Permissible Treaties
  108. 10821.6 Emergency Treaties
  109. 10921.7 Annulling Treaties
  110. 11021.8the Belligerent Disbeliever (kafir Harbi)
  111. 11121.9 The Protected Person (al-m'ustamin)
  112. 11221.10 The Rules Of The Dhimmi
  113. 11322. Implementing Islam Is Obligatory Upon The Disbelievers
  114. 11423. The Jizyah
  115. 11524. The Lands Of Ushr, Kharaj And Sulh (truce)
  116. 11625. Dar Al-kufr And Dar Al-islam
  117. 11726. The Believer's Befriending The Disbelievers
  118. 11826.1 The Emigration (hijrah) From Dar Al-kufr To Dar Al-islam
  119. 11927. The Position Of Islam On Slaves And Slavery
  120. 12027.1 Treating Slaves
  121. 12127.2 Treating Slavery
  122. 12228. Relationships Between Individuals
  123. 12329. Trade (bai’)
  124. 12429.1 Everything Forbidden For Man, Trading It Is Also Forbidden
  125. 12529.2 It Is Not Allowed To Sell What You Do Not Have
  126. 12629.3 The Selling Of Advance Credit (as-salam)
  127. 12729.4 Buying Fruits While They Are Still On The Tree
  128. 12829.5 Sale On Credit And Instalments (taqseet)
  129. 12929.6 Brokerage (samsara)
  130. 13030. Hiring
  131. 13130.1 The Employee
  132. 13230.2 The Wage
  133. 13330.3 Estimating The Wage
  134. 13430.4 The Amount Of The Wage
  135. 13530.5 Paying The Wage
  136. 13630.6 Types Of Employees
  137. 13730.7 There Is No Labour Problem In Islam
  138. 13830.7 Hiring Assets
  139. 13930.8 Renting Houses For Residence
  140. 14031. All Bribery Is Forbidden
  141. 14132. Mortgage/ Pledging Security
  142. 14232.1 The Pledgee Benefiting From The Pledge
  143. 14333. The Bankrupt
  144. 14434. Transfer Of A Right (al-hawala)
  145. 14535. Drawing & Painting
  146. 14636. Usul Al-fiqh
  147. 14736.1 Al-hākim
  148. 14836.2 There is no hukm Prior to the coming of the revelation
  149. 14936.3 The legally responsible with respect to the shari’ah rulings
  150. 15037. The conditions of legal responsibility [shurūt al-taklīf]
  151. 15137.1 The legal ruling [al-hukm al-shar’i]
  152. 15237.2 The address of legal responsibility [khitab al-taklīf]
  153. 15337.3 The obligatory [al-wajib]
  154. 15437.4 That which is required to fulfill a wājib is itself wājib
  155. 15537.5 The prohibition [al-harām]
  156. 15637.6 The permissible [al-mubāh]
  157. 15737.7 The declaratory address [khitāb al-wad’]
  158. 15938. The Cause ( Al Sabab)
  159. 16039. The Condition ( Al Shart)
  160. 16140. The Prohibitive ( Al Manay)
  161. 16241. The Validity, The Invalidity, And The Corruption ( Al Sihhah, Wal Butlan, Wal Fasaad)
  162. 16342. The Determination And The Consession ( Al Azeema War Rukhsah)
  163. 16443. The Shari'ah Evidences ( Al Adilla-tul- Shariyah )
  164. 16544. The Shariah Evidences Must Be Decisives ( Al Adillah- Tu-shariah Yajebo An Takoona Qateyyah)
  165. 166What Is Considered As A Proof (hujjah) Of The Qur’aan
  166. 167Al-muhkam Wa Al-mutashabih The Precise And The Imprecise
  167. 168The Second Daleel Al–sunnah
  168. 16948. The Status Of The Sunnah In Relation To The Qur'aan
  169. 17049. Divisions Of The Sunnah (aqsaam Al Sunnah)
  170. 17150. The Mutawaatir
  171. 17251. The Number By Which The Certainty Occurs
  172. 17352. The Famous Hadeeth (al Mashhour)
  173. 17453. The Individuals Report (khabar Al Aahaad)
  174. 17554. The Narrators Of The Hadeeth (ruwaat Al Hadeeth)
  175. 17655. Types Of The Individuals Report
  176. 17756. Conditions For Accepting The Individuals Report
  177. 17857. The Actions Of The Messenger
  178. 17958. The Ways By Which The Direction (quality) Of The Action Of The Messenger Can Be Known
  179. 18059. The Silence Of The Prophet (saw)
  180. 18160. The Conflict Between The Actions Of The Messenger (saw)
  181. 18261. The Conflict Between The Action Of The Messenger (saw) And His Saying
  182. 18362. The Conflict Between The Sayings Of The Messenger (saw)
  183. 18463. The Inference (al Istidlaal) From The Kitaab And The Sunnah
  184. 18564. The Language Discussions
  185. 18665. The Way To Know The Arabic Language