Islamic Revival

The following is the draft English translation of a chapter from the masterpiece ,  'Shaksiya Islamiya' (The Islamic Personality) volume 1 by Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani.   For exact meanings please refer to the original Arabic. With the exception of the issue of the perpetrator of a kabīrah [major sin], over which Wāsil Ibn ‘ Atā’, the head of the Mu’tazilah , withdrew from the circle of al-Hasan al-Basrī, we scarcely find any issue from the issues of ‘Ilm al-Kalam which had not originated from an issue that was discussed by the Greek philosophers. The issue of al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qadar by this name and with the referent which they discussed had been discussed by Greek philosophers, and they had differed in it. This issue is referred to as the issue of al-qadā’ wa ‘l-qadar and as al-jabr wa ‘l-ikhtiyār , and as hurriyat al-irādah , a ll of which have the same referent, namely: the actions that man does, is he free to do them or not, or is he compelled? It never occurred

The following are the notes from a circle delivered on this topic. Allah (swt) has made acceptance of the Shariah rules and submission to them a matter of Iman, “But no, by Your Lord, they can have no (real) faith until they make you judge in all disputes between them and find in their souls no resistance against your decisions, but accept them with the fullest submission.” [An-Nisa: 65] We have seen the media attacking the Islamic rule of killing the Murtad (apostate), it is common for them to attack the Shariah rules such as the rules of cutting the hand of the thief, Jihad, marrying up to four wives, etc. We need to respond correctly to such attacks. 1) When responding to the attack of Shariah rules, we should take the offensive and not be defensive For example on this case we can highlight that the countless of number of innocent people that the Western powers have killed and continue killing in the world. Such as in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Africa, India, Indonesia and more rec