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Q&A: Is Debt a Legitimate form of Ownership?

Question: Our beloved Shaykh, the scholar ‘Ata’ Al-Khayr, Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu, question: It has been mentioned in the book,  The Economic System of Islam , [p. 76 Arabic edition/ p.70 English edition], that the means of possession are limited to 5 they are: work, inheritance, obtaining of funds for the sustenance of life, the State granting of its funds to the citizens, funds that the individuals take without exchange of funds or work. But we were confused over another type, is it a means of possessing funds or a means of fund development, which is debt, and to explain the confusion I will post the following example which happens among the people: suppose a man does not possess any wealth, took a debt of 1000 dinars from someone, then bought merchandise from the market and sold it, and gained 500 dinars profit, and after receiving the profit and the capital money, he returned the debt to its owner and 500 dinars of profit stayed with him, so was what happen

The New Middle-Eastern Map and Sectarian, Madhabiy and Nationalist Lines

There are three vital political objectives that stand out in the current Ummah’s reality and these are: the liberation from foreign dominance and control, political unity and the application of Islam. These are connected and intertwined objectives and they are all realised through the realisation of the Islamic project represented in the Khilafah upon the methodology of the Prophethood and it is this which will make the Muslims one Ummah as many of the Shar’iyah texts have affirmed from which is the Noble Aayah: إِنَّ هَذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَا رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُونِ “Verily this Ummah of yours is one Ummah and I am your Lord so worship me” (Al-Anbiyaa 92) As for the division of the Islamic lands and dividing the Muslims upon political, sectarian and ethnic lines then this represents the project which is the complete opposite to the Khilafah. And so at the beginning of the last century this arose as a result of the colonial project implemented

Q&A: “The Mutawatir Sunnah of Action”

Question: As-Salaam Alaikum Wa  Rahmatullah Wa Barakaatuhu I have two questions please, May Allah grant you success 1-In the book  The Islamic Personality (ash-Shakhsiyah)  Volume 3 (page 82, Arabic version) the following was mentioned: “The Mutawatir Hadeeth is a definite text from the Prophet ﷺ, it is definite and therefore must be implemented in everything whether in Sunnah of action, speech, or consent. From the Mutawatir Sunnah of speech is the Hadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ: «مَن كَذَب عليّ متعمداً فليتبوأ مقعده من النار» “Whoever intentionally transmits falsely from me, he has reserved his seat in hellfire” And from the Mutawatir Sunnah of Action is the five prayers and their number of Rak’as, and what is mentioned regarding the method of prayer, fasting, and Haj The question is: what is ‘the Mutawatir Sunnah of Action’? Is it the Tawtur (recurrence of narrations) of actions carried out by the Prophet ﷺ? Or is it the recurrence of narrations of actions that were car