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Al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum al-Din

The Lawful and the Unlawful

Chapter One

On The Virtues of Halal (the lawful) and the Evils of the Haram (the
unlawful). An Exposition on the types of Halal and its degrees and types of
Haram and its degrees, and abstention of it The virtues of Halal and the Evil
of the Haram

The evidence for the virtues of the Halal and the evils of the Haram, Allah, the
Almighty said: “…Eat of that which is good and do good deeds; I have knowledge
of the things you do.…” (Koran Ch. 23 verse 51). He commands the eating of
good before good deeds. It is said what is meant by this is the lawful.

Allah, the Almighty said: “Do not consume your wealth between you in falsehood;