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Chapter 5:The Conditions of Legal Responsibility [Shurūt al-Taklīf]

The following is the draft english translation from the Usul Al-Fiqh masterpiece of the Arabic book الشخصية الاسلاميَة الجزء الثالث (The Islamic Personality Volume 3 ) by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani. Please refer to the original Arabic for accurate meanings. Islam (being Muslim) is not a condition for legal responsibility [taklīf] with respect to the legal rulings, except for a ruling about which a text specifies that it is for Muslims, either explicitly [sarahatan], like, «يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ» “O you who believe, fear Allah…” [al-Imrān: 102], and « جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ» “Strive against the disbelievers…” [at-Taubah: 73]; and «وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا» “And Allah will never allow the disbelievers to have authority over the believers” [an-Nisa’: 141]; or by denotation [dalalatan], like the exemption of the kuffar from something, like the salāt, thereby indicating that Islam is a condition in that act. Therefore Isl

Views on the News - 01/10/2009

Is Europe about to be overrun by Muslims? A number of prominent European, American politicians and journalists seem to think so. The historian Niall Ferguson has predicted that “a youthful Muslim society to the south and east of the Mediterranean is poised to colonize a senescent Europe ”. And according to Christopher Caldwell, an American columnist with the Financial Times, Muslims are already “conquering Europe ’s cities, street by street”. So what if Muslims account for only 3 percent to 4 percent of the EU’s total population of 493 million? In his book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Can Europe Be the Same With Different People in It? - Caldwell writes: “Of course minorities can shape countries. Another worry is the growing Muslim population in Europe . Caldwell claims in his book, “have a long track record of underestimating their vulnerability to ‘primitive’ ones”. As the London Daily Telegraph, quoting Caldwell, asserted last weekend, Britain and the EU have simply ign

The Prophetic method of da'wah to Allah

The following is an Urdu article published in an Urdu Daily newspaper in Hyderabad, India. It is written by one of the activists working for the return of the Khilafah, the scholar - graduate of Dar al Uloom Deoband, Mufti Habeeb ur-Rahman Qasmi. It is entitled 'Dawath ilallah ka nabwi tariqa' (The Prophetic method of Da'wah to Allah). http://www.esnips.com/doc/4bb6a1f5-aeff-4ed2-b84d-1e8a683a387b/nabwi-tariqa We will be providing the link to the pdf version soon inshallah.