Certainty is not Removed by Doubt (Part 1)
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Channel: Karim AbuZaid · 2018 · Education
Colorado Muslims Community Center Certainty is not Removed by Doubt (Part 1) Sub Rule 1: "Freedom of liability is a fundamental principle" (Al-asl baratu al-dhimmah) For example, if A claims that B owes him a sum of money, B according to this rule is not responsible until proven so, since his dhimmah (legal responsibility) is not accountable unless it is proved otherwise. The Subject of Al- Qawa’id al-Fiqhiyyah (THE FIVE UNIVERSAL MAXIMS). The five universal Rules are considered, including their subsidiaries; the most important in the whole discipline, and have been seen as representative of the entire field, so much so that other rules are seen as a commentary on them.1 Scholars found, through induction, that the scope of application of these five is as broad as to apply to many particulars in most chapters of fiqh.
