The Rules of Islamic Laws

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There are certain Rules Which Create Prohibition, Approvals or Disapprovals in Islam. We Will see in the following discussion that how these rules are Categorized. As Muslim Jurits have use the word Hukum-ul-Shari for these rules we will also see that how the jurists have defined it. These rules have been given in form of Wajib Makrooh Mustahaab Haram Mandub and etc. We Will try to differentiate them from each other by the views of Classical Jurists. These rules are there to control the life style of the human beings specially Muslims. And these commands have been given through a communication and this communication between Allah and the Mankind has been defined by Immam Shafi.

The Rule of Islamic law (Hukum-al-Shari).
Islamic Law has found its origin or we can say that it is satuted from a command which was directed towards the Mankind from Allah. The word mentioned as Command is known as Ahkam/Hukm in Arabic which means “A communication from God, which relate to the acts of subjects through demand or option or through declaration”.
Now moving forward this Hukm is of three different types.
• Demand
• Option
• Declaration
These Commandments have been given to control the Human Behavior in all of its form. These Akhams for the regulation of Human acts were sometimes through categorical demand and some time in form of declarations. Such as the performing of Ablution before Salah . Then comes the option in which Allah has given the believers an option if they have performed an act. Such as in Qatal-e-Khata Allah has given upon a number of options such as the aggrieved party could demand for Qisas or may ask for the blood money or can leave the accused free. So this defines that how Allah gives options to the mankind in the perf...

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... the Nisab has also been toled that when we will have to pay Zakat. Impediment is When Allah Stops us from doing something for example As mentioned above Prayer has been ordered to Muslims but Women are Impended to offer it during their menstruation period.
Conclusion:
So By all of this discussion we come to know that Allah has gifted a Manual for the Mankind and if that is followed the world would be a beautiful place to live in. And this is how the jurists have dived Allah’s commands for the better understanding of the People. This Categorization covers almost all of the aspect of not only Islam but of the human life too when Seen in Quran. And these rules as mentioned above have been given for the control of Human behavior and surely in my eyes by following all of these steps one would be successful in his life not only in the world but in the life hereafter.

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