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Subject: Re: Difference between Fard and Wajib

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Mustapha Morsy.

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Date Posted: 05:33:57 12/31/02 Tue
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In reply to: Bro Hus 's message, "Difference between Fard and Wajib" on 21:16:26 12/30/02 Mon

alaikum Assalamu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu.

The ahkaam (rulings) upon which fiqh revolve are five:-
[1]: Waajib or Fard (obligation): that for which the one who performs it is rewarded, whilst the one who abandons it is punished.
[2]: Haraam (prohibition): this is what the lawgiver strictly forbids.Someone who commits an (Haram) act deserves punishment ,while one who refrains from it out of obedience to the command of Allah is rewarded.
[3]: Masnoon (recommended): that for which the one who performs it is rewarded, whilst the one who leaves it is not punished.
[4]: Makrooh (detested): this is the opposite of a recommendation. A person who refrains from such an act out of obedience to the command of Allah is rewarded, ,while the person who commits it does not deserve to be punished.

[5]: Mubaah (permissible): this is where both (its doing or leaving) are equivalent.
Those rulings which are waajib (obligatory) are divided into two catagories: fard �ayn (individual obligation), the doing of which is sought from every mukallaf (morally responsible), baaligh (mature) �aaqil (sane) person. The majority of the Sharee�ah rulings enter into this catagory. The second is fard kifaayah (collective obligation), the performance of which is sought from the morally responsible collectively, but not from every individual specifcally; such as the learning of the various branches of useful knowledge and useful industries; the adhaan; the funeral prayer and other similar matters.
These five rulings differ widely in accordance with its state, its levels and its effects.
Nothing wrong to use two or more words to express the same meaning like in (Fard and Wajib) to express the meaning of obligation.
And Allah Knows Best.
Mustapha Morsy.

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