We continue our inquest 1 and next examine the shadows of influence cast by our religious parties. They can be classified into three categories on the basis of their aims and objectives. The first cat...
Majlis-i-Shūrā (The Rarliament) According to the Qur’ānic injunction amruhum shūrā bainahum (their affairs of state are run by their mutual consolation), the manner in which the Muslim public shall pa...
Principles of Consultation The word shuraa is nomen verbum (masdar) of the pattern fu’alaa and means ‘to consult.’ Due to the fact that it occurs as an inchoative (khabr) in the given verse 1 and is a...
The doctrine of vicegerency of man has, over the years, remained the basis of Muslim political thought. In this regard, some of our scholars have also coined the term of ‘popular vicegerency’ as again...
In the recent past a lot has been said about the Islamic political law as enunciated in the Qur’ān and Sunnah. Since our view about some of its clauses is different from the general view, we present h...
Kalaalah In the end, the shares of kalaalah relatives have been stated: "If a man or a woman is made an heir on account of his [or her] kalaalah relationship [with the deceased] and he [or she] has on...
It is a universally acknowledged fact that the extent of help and co-operation which a person receives from his parents, children and other similar relations has little chances of being paralleled by...
Our mass media exercises the most powerful influence on our society, as it actually shapes the trends and inclinations within it. The present day forms comprise a highly sophisticated network, which h...
The educational system of a country is the key to its development and progress. It serves as the foundation upon which the infrastructure of various agencies of a state is built. A country’s stability...
In Islamic terminology, apostasy means the rejection and renunciation of faith by a Muslim. In our Fiqh, the punishment for apostasy is death. The tradition upon which the verdict is based is narrated...
Al-Mawrid is the name of an educational institution for whose establishment, I have aspired for years. The idea owes its inception to the glaring fact that the task of attaining Taffaquh-fid-deen 1 ,...
The jail punishment must rank high among the barbarities that man has been able to invent for himself. No doubt, dark cells, underground dungeons and castle turrets have always existed in the known hi...
In recent times, the law of Diyat as stated in our Fiqh has remained a subject of debate and discussion. One group of scholars insisted that a woman's Diyat is half a man's Diyat, while another group...
The efforts for the enforcement of Islam in our country, which have been continuing even before its creation, had two phases. In the first phase, the aim was to achieve the supremacy of the Shariah in...
In recent times the opinions of our jurists concerning some important issues of the Islamic Law of Evidence, as mentioned in the Qur’ān, have remained a hot subject of debate. We find it appropriate t...
