Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Philosophy Of Islam

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• Man of Our Age
• Greedy Animals
• Quest for the philosophy of life and its aim
• Iman
• Role of iman in the life of a child
• Subdual by doubt
• Constructive doubt
• Role of iman again
• Constructive iman
• Unbridled liberty is not compatible with belief in an ideology
• Outlook on the world
• Deep and Definite Knowledge
• (1) Pursuit of base desires
• (2) Customs of the forefathers
• (3) Blind submission to the great and the powerful
• Ears for hearing, Eyes for seeing, Heart for understanding
• Basic and expanded role of heart
• Consideration
• Another Fallacy
• Realism
• Correct Thinking
• Man of Islam
• Man -- the self-maker and the selector
• Big trust
• Human personality
• Human emancipation
• Bond with eternity
• The Sources of Creation
• 1. The world is a reality
• 2. The world is well-organized
• 3. `To become' and its cause
• 4. Cause of systematic development and changes
• 5. Not an accident
• Contradiction or attraction and cohesion
• The World is a Dependent Reality
• Signs of Allah
• (1) Phenomenon and its producer
• The doctrine of Causation
• A world of phenomena
• (2) Homogeneity of the existing things
• (3) Mutual compatibility of two things not co-existent
• (4) March toward unlimited perfection
• (5) Eloquent signs
• Special signs
• Every thing at every stage is His sign
• Note
• Monotheism of the Qur’an
• Refutation of polytheism
• The causes and the agents
• The miracles
• Superstitions not to be confused with causes
• Supplication
• Unity in Regards to Worship
• Unity in regard to submission and obedience
• Submission to the command of Allah
• The Unique and Matchless God
• Intrinsic Unity
• Evaluation of extremist view
• Notes
• Names and Attributes of Allah
• Kindness to others is a good quality. Allah is
• Allah is Independent
• Allah is All-knowing
• Allah is All-powerful
• Will and Volition of Allah
• Allah is Beneficent and Forgiving
• Allah is just
• Role of Divine Cosmology in Human Life
• Two stage extensive life
• Conclusion
• Spiritual and practical effects of religious belief
• Guides of Humanity
• Distinctive features of prophets
• (1) Miracles
• (2) Infallibility
• Difference between a prophet and a genius
• (3) Dynamic leadership
• (5) General welfare
• (6) Normal personal life
• Role of revelation in human life
• Relationship between knowledge, reason and revelation
• Islam Advocates Justice
• Justice of will or willed justice
• Doctrine of Justice
• Justice and the Hereafter
• The Hereafter
• Man and Evolution
• Life
• Manufacture of living cell
• Life, a Divine phenomenon
• Man and Evolution
• Principles which may be discovered
• Scientific presumption, not incontrovertible principle
• Conclusion
• Emergence of man
• Exceptional Organisms
• Man
• Appearance of New Humanism
• Man from the Qur'anic point of view
• Range of Man’s Choice and Will
• (1) Innate nature of man and his disposition
• (2) Modification of Propensities
• (3) Role of natural and geographical environment
• (4) Role of historical, social and economic factors
• (5) Role of the rules and regulations in the field of choice
• (6) Divine revelation
• (7) Man's own deeds make his destiny
• (8) Aim of Man's efforts
• Prosperity and salvation
• (9) Ideals and values
• (10) Seeking Allah and Truth
• Man from the View Point of Existentialism
• Man from the View Point of Islam
• (2) Human freedom and Divine destiny
• (3) Sphere of choice and role of guidance
• (4) Man has a purpose
• (5) Man is responsible
• (6) Vigilance and anxiety
• (7) Man is not without a refuge
• (8) Self-dependence, fear and hope
• View Point of Dialectical Materialism
• Islam's approach to these questions
• Notes
• Islamic Conception of History
• The Qur'an pays attention to the usual course of history
• Violent outburst of desires and emotions
• Question of contradiction
• b. Identification of opportunities; and
• Great Role of the Prophets in Making History
• Revelation was the motive force of the Prophetic Movements
• Revelation
• Some effects of revelation
• Islamic Movement – A Manifestation of the Rules of History
• Domination of injustice cannot last long
• Arabia provided a favorable atmosphere
• Pioneers - Chosen companions
• Role of emigration
• Guidance of the masses
• Element of Jihad
• Universality of the movement
• Leadership
• Three principles of the effectiveness of historic movements
• Human beings as the agents of Divine retribution
• Respect of the culture and human values of others
• Corruption of leadership
• Internal resistance
• Invaders influenced
• Final triumph of truth
• Final Victory
• Advent of the Mahdi
• At the threshold of appearance
• Revolutionary leader and his supporters
• Undergoing hardships for achieving success
• Notes
• Self Making
• Cleanliness
• Ablution
• Bathing
• Tayammum
• Food
• Slaughtering of animals
• Wastage of food
• Spiritual Health
• Balanced growth
• Moral criteria
• The real criteria of morals
• (a) Man's Dignity
• (b) Proximity to Allah
• Improper Traits of Character
• 1. Hypocrisy
• 2. Arrogance
• 3. Slander
• 4. Lying
• 5. Backbiting and calumny
• (a) Evidence
• (b) Restraining from evil
• (c) Complaint
• (d) Guidance and consultation
• (e) Exposing the false evidence
• (g) Grading
• 6. Jealousy
• Combating against jealousy
• How to Purge Soul of these Pollutions
• Piety
• Strengthening of will-power
• Return to the right path - Repentance
• Creative Role of Sentiments
• Real sentiments and artificial sentiments
• Artificial sentiments
• Real sentiments
• Family sentiments
• Being good to kindred
• Love for neighbors
• Spiritual brotherhood
• Companionship
• Choosing friends and companions
• Cheerfulness and politeness
• Abiding by rules of social behavior
• Reception and farewell
• Humility
• Correspondence
• Respect for Elders and Kindness to Youngsters
• Hospitality
• Self Making for Social Work
• Pre-requisities for collective work
• (1) One aim and one policy
• (2) Recognition of one's own limitations and those of others
• (3) Just appraisal of one's own work and that of others
• (4) Abstention from egoism and being self-opinionated
• (5) Respect for majority opinion
• Major Jihad
• Family
• Society and its kinds
• Family
• Tribe
• Clan
• Nation
• Other social groupings
• Dogmatic and ideological society
• Marriage
• Importance of marriage from Islamic point of view
• Basic object of marriage
• (a) Securing comfortable atmosphere for husband and wife
• Consent of father to the marriage of a girl
• Equality or general fitness for matrimonial alliance
• (1) Faith
• (2) Morality
• (3) Financial competence
• (4) Compatibility
• How to select a suitable spouse
• Persons between whom marriage is forbidden
• Consaguineous mahrams
• Sister
• Maternal aunt and mother
• Brother
• Foster-mahrams
• Mahrams on account of affinity
• Contracting marriage
• or
• Financial independence of woman
• Lightness of dower
• Obligations of husband and wife
• Financial responsibility
• Maintenance of Children and the Responsibility of Guardianship
• Moral and human responsibilities
• Divorce or Dissolution of Marriage
• Divorce in Islamic law
• Effects of divorce
• What should be the condition of a woman to be divorced
• Conditions of the effectiveness of divorce
• Kinds of divorce
• Kinds of irrevocable divorce
• Iddah of divorce
• Period of Iddah
• Rules regarding the period of iddah
• Right of guardianship of children
• Fixed Time Marriage
• Sexual problem of the youth
• Solution of sexual problem
• Formula of fixed-time marriage
• Zawwajtoka nafsi fil muddatil ma'loomati alas sidaaqil ma `loom
• Rules of fixed-time marriage
• Fixed-time marriage from the point of view of others
• Polygamy
• (a) Natural and social pre-requisites of polygamy
• (b) Polygamy before Islam
• Polygamy and its conditions in Islam
• Family Manners
• Some reciprocal responsibilities of parents and children
• Guidelines of Islamic Economy
• (1) Economics
• (2) Importance of Economic problems
• Islamic Economy
• Ownership
• Kinds of Ownership
• (1) Absolute ownership
• (2) Public ownership
• (3) Private ownership
• Absolute ownership
• Public ownership
• Wealth
• To amass wealth is a matter of vanity
• Right of property in Islam
• Natural Sources of Wealth
• Earth
• Ownership of land
• (1) Lands owned by society
• (2) Lands owned by State
• (3) Lands owned by private individuals
• Lands owned by society
• Lands owned by the State
• Lands owned by private individuals
• Keeping arable land uncultivated
• Water
• Naturally accessible water
• Water not naturally accessible
• Minerals
• Economic Role of Human Labour
• Labour is the key of utilizing natural resources
• No gain without work
• Distribution
• Services
• False work or a device for exploitation
• Usury
• Deviation of money from its course
• Precedents of usury in history
• Usury in the Qur'an
• Banking
• Solution of the problem
• (2) Establishment of interest-free banks
• Conclusion
• Transfer of Ownership
• Transactions
• General rules of transaction
• Different kinds of sale
• Necessity of knowing the laws of trade
• Revocation of contract
• Inheritance
• Division of inheritance
• Distribution of Wealth
• Spending
• Prohibition of the hoarding of wealth
• Zakat
• Economic Responsibilities of the Islamic Rulers
• Public Treasury
• An important social and economic principle
• Just Social System
• Society
• Accidental society
• Intentional society
• Characteristics of Accidental Society
• Characteristics of Intentional Society
• Individual and society
• It is the individual who is important
• It is the society which is important
• It is the mixture of the individual and the society which is important
• Social System
• • Mutual relations of its members, and
• Just Social System
• Society
• Equality of men
• Legal Justice
• Elimination of undue discrimination under Islamic conception
• Economic Justice
• Freedom of thinking and acquirement of knowledge
• Profit is the result of work and all-round activity
• Privation is the result of encroachment
• Law of justice and a just mechanism to enforce it
• Sense of responsibility
• Islamic brotherhood
• Character building and fighting against corruption
• Essential Elements for the Establishment of a Just Social System
• Law
• Sources of Law
• Law and Its Sources in Islam
• Right course towards this magnificent end
• Ijtihad
• Formulation of law concerning the ruling system
• Formulation of law on individual matters
• Qualifications of a competent religious authority
• Formulation of new provisions
• Sources of Cannon Law
• Authoritativeness of the Qur'an
• Utilization of the Sunnah
• Consensus of opinion
• Reason
• Role of reason in determining the principles of religion
• Role of reason in finding out the inimitability of the Qur'an
• Philosophy of the rules of law
• Connection between Ijtihad and finality of Islam
• Guarantee of the Enforcement of Law
• Mature thinking
• Regarding drinking and gambling
• Human and Ideological sentiments
• Faith in Allah and His recompense in this as well as in the next world
• Whole-hearted respect of law
• Exhortation to good and restraining from evil
• Restraining from evil means
• Government
• Tradition of al-Ghadir
• Main qualifications of a ruler during the period of occultation
• Role of Shura and Bay’at
• (1) Role of consultation
• (a) Administrative affairs
• (b) Election of the ruler
• (2) Role of the pledge of allegiance
• Loss of eligibility to rule
• Caliphate and Imamate
• Doctrines of Justice and Imamate
• Doctrine of Imamate
• Evil consequences of the infringement of this doctrine
• (b) Muslims lost competent authority on Islamic knowledge
• Back to the main discussion
• Arbitration
• It is a social duty to settle the differences
• Various ways of settling differences
• Administration of Justice in Islam
• Heavy responsibilities of a judge
• Adherence to the Divine law
• Behaviour towards litigants
• Independence and Immunity of judiciary
• Relations of the Muslims with Others
• Jihad
• Aims of Islamic Jihad
• Aggression is bad, whosoever may be the aggressor
• Jihad against Egoism
• Islam is a world system
• Before having recourse to fight truth should be explained
• Special facilities provided by Islam for this purpose
• Peace in Islam
• Full preparedness to face the enemy
• Horse racing and archery
• Immortal
• Fighters who do not lag behind in their effort
• Invincible and indefatigable fighters
• Notes