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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Enjoining_Good_and_Forbidding_Evil, page : 9
In the Habits of the People
Prohibited things (munkarat) are of two kinds:
Haram (unlawful)
Mmakruh (disliked)
Muslims are to abstain totally from forbidden (haram) things, but in the case of
makruhat (disliked) the Shariah (Islamic Law) shows, expressly or by implication,
disproval. There are several things, between these two extremes of haram and
makruhat, which are on the border. The Shariah has, however, given strict
prohibitory orders against those bordering on haram, but left the case of those
bordering on makruhat to the discretion and tastes of individual members of the
Muslim society. Both these measures help a great deal in establishing and
promotion virtue and good and eradicating and discouraging evil and sin in
society.
Prohibited things (munkarat) are of two kinds:
Haram (unlawful)
Mmakruh (disliked)
Muslims are to abstain totally from forbidden (haram) things, but in the case of
makruhat (disliked) the Shariah (Islamic Law) shows, expressly or by implication,
disproval. There are several things, between these two extremes of haram and
makruhat, which are on the border. The Shariah has, however, given strict
prohibitory orders against those bordering on haram, but left the case of those
bordering on makruhat to the discretion and tastes of individual members of the
Muslim society. Both these measures help a great deal in establishing and
promotion virtue and good and eradicating and discouraging evil and sin in
society.