Tag Archives: hunger
Qushayri on hunger/fasting
I have 2 different translations of Qushayri’s Risala. In the chapter on hunger, one of them translates: ..I heard Ibn Salim say: “The proper rule of one who practices hunger is to limit one’s daily meal to the size of a cat’s ear.” … Continue reading
Posted in Siyam - Fasting, Sufism (Tasawwuf)
Tagged break fast, deprivation, hunger, Imam Ghazali, nawafil fasting, one meal
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No hunger or thirst
Sheikh, I’m a 20ish yr old unmarried girl going thru a rare problem. I’m having some shaitaniyat… Continue reading
Shariah Constraints in the Punishment of a Thief
Recently, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Allah preserve him, stated in an interview on al-Jazeera that even though the shari`a dictates cutting the hand of the thief,… Continue reading
Posted in Belief & Doctrine, History
Tagged coercion, consumer, criminal punishment. punishment, drought, evidence, famine, hadd, hunger, impermissible, inconclusive evidence, mistake, penalty, Sayyidina `Umar, Shari`ah, society, thief
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