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States of the believer (ahwal al-mumin)

أحوال المؤمن

The four states of the believer as Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy presents them: giving thanks at a gift, patience at a withholding, remembrance at knowledge and recollection, and stopping from sin; obedience calls for thanks, disobedience for seeking forgiveness, and blessing for humility.

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Ethics and character

Summary

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy sets out what he calls the four states of the believer: giving thanks at a gift, patience at a withholding, remembrance at knowledge and recollection, and stopping from sin. 1 He holds that whoever is in obedience should give thanks, whoever is in disobedience should seek forgiveness, and whoever is in blessing should be humble, because thanks increases blessings. 2

The four states

The Sheikh says that the believer gives thanks at a gift, is patient at a withholding, remembers at knowledge and recollection, and stops from sin. 1 He holds that thanks for a blessing is of its kind. 1 See also Gratitude (shukr) and Sabr.

Obedience, disobedience and blessing

The Sheikh states that whoever is in obedience should give thanks, whoever is in disobedience should seek forgiveness, and whoever is in blessing should be humble, because thanks for blessings increases them. 2

People and things also explored

Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God

Sources

  1. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Al Fawzu Al Moubeen, episode 7, at 00:17:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
  2. Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Al Fawzu Al Moubeen, episode 7, at 00:21:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)

Paying a debt in the form owed is obligatory by consensus. A debt due now must be paid on demand when the debtor can pay; a deferred debt is not due before its term. Payment is made in like items, with value owed where there is no like; a better payment is allowed when unconditioned. Remission, gift, assignment, set-off and settlement take the place of payment. A solvent debtor who refuses is compelled, imprisoned and his apparent property sold; the majority hold that a bankrupt is put under interdiction and his property divided among creditors, against Abu Hanifa. The insolvent is given respite, and his debt may be paid from zakat if he borrowed for himself in a lawful matter. A dead person's debt attaches to his estate and takes precedence over bequests and inheritance.