Allah has bound up our lives with others’ lives, made our din a social din, and given incomparable rewards not only for what we do by ourselves, but what we do with others and for others—just as He has imposed appalling punishments not only for what we do by ourselves, but what we do with and to others.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. By Him we seek Assistance. Some people, of the…
(From the Mughni of Shaykh al-Islam Imam Muwaffaq ud-Din Ibn Qudamma al-Maqdisi al-Hanbali [d.541/1146]) Translated by Mahdi Lock…