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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 53
.1RULINGS CONCERNING DEBATE
If you ask me what I think the best is: I will say that the truth
of the matter is that those who condemn it absolutely and
under all circumstances as well as those who praise it absolutely
and unreservedly are wrong. The matter should be more
carefully detailed.
You should know then, that first of all a thing, such as wine
or carrion, may be pronounced unlawful from its very nature.
WhatI
mean by 'its very nature' is that the cause of its being pronounced
unlawful is a quality inherent in it. Intoxication and
If you ask me what I think the best is: I will say that the truth
of the matter is that those who condemn it absolutely and
under all circumstances as well as those who praise it absolutely
and unreservedly are wrong. The matter should be more
carefully detailed.
You should know then, that first of all a thing, such as wine
or carrion, may be pronounced unlawful from its very nature.
WhatI
mean by 'its very nature' is that the cause of its being pronounced
unlawful is a quality inherent in it. Intoxication and