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special need, undertakes the responsibility of giving legal opinions does so for
the sake of acquiring position and wealth.
If you agree to this, the same will hold true in connection with the rules of
invalidating testimonies, restrictive ordinances, indemnities and settling feuds;
but it will not hold true in respect to what falls under the Quarter of the Acts of
Worship such as fasting and prayer, nor in respect to what the Customs of Life
entail of civil and legal matters such as determining the lawful and the unlawful.
You should, therefore, know that what the jurist comes nearest discussing under
works, which pertain to the Hereafter are four: Islam, prayer, charity, (doing) what
is lawful and abstaining (from) what is unlawful. But when you examine how far
the jurist‟s speculation goes into these four you will find that it does not go
beyond the limits of this world into the next. If then you realize this limitation in
respect to these four it becomes to you more evident in others besides.
Concerning Islam the jurist discourses on what renders it sound or unsound as
well as on its conditions, but only pays attention to outward confession. The
heart, however, is removed from his domain because the Messenger set apart
the sake of acquiring position and wealth.
If you agree to this, the same will hold true in connection with the rules of
invalidating testimonies, restrictive ordinances, indemnities and settling feuds;
but it will not hold true in respect to what falls under the Quarter of the Acts of
Worship such as fasting and prayer, nor in respect to what the Customs of Life
entail of civil and legal matters such as determining the lawful and the unlawful.
You should, therefore, know that what the jurist comes nearest discussing under
works, which pertain to the Hereafter are four: Islam, prayer, charity, (doing) what
is lawful and abstaining (from) what is unlawful. But when you examine how far
the jurist‟s speculation goes into these four you will find that it does not go
beyond the limits of this world into the next. If then you realize this limitation in
respect to these four it becomes to you more evident in others besides.
Concerning Islam the jurist discourses on what renders it sound or unsound as
well as on its conditions, but only pays attention to outward confession. The
heart, however, is removed from his domain because the Messenger set apart