• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: THE CONCEPT OF LAW IN ISLAM
  • Beteiligte: Hussain, Amir [Verfasser:in]
  • Erschienen: 1997
  • Erschienen in: Journal of Dharma ; 22(1997), 4, Seite 418-429
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Schlagwörter: Fiqh literature ; Hanbali school ; Islam ; Law ; Shari'ah ; Shi'i ; Sunnah ; Sunni ; The Qur'an
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  • Beschreibung: There is a popular misconception of Islam as a religious tradition that is overly legalistic, and of Muslims as a people who are blind to the spirit of the law in their attempt to follow it to the letter., As early as 1910, the Hungarian orientalist, Ignaz Goldziher, felt it necessary totry and correct this misconception:Fairness demands the admission that in the teachings of Islam, as of other religions, there is "a force working for the good": that a life lived in the spirit of Islam can be an ethically impeccable life, demanding compassion for all God's creatures, honesty in one's dealings, love, loyalty, the suppression of selfish impulses, and all the other virtues that Islam derived from the religions whose prophets it acknowledges as its teachers. A true Muslim will lead a life that satisfies stringent ethical requirements.
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