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The Command of the Moment

Tafaqquh fid-Deen and the divine demand of the present hour

Argues that the ummah lacks not religious information but tafaqquh fid-deen: the faculty to recognise, fulfil and convey what Allah requires of a believer now. Drawing on the Qur’an, sahih Sunnah and Ibn al-Qayyim, it tests the principle on repeated nafl Hajj and Umrah and fences it with three safeguards.

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Contents

  1. Why this book, and why nowFree2 min
  2. A sentence worth a lifetimeFree3 min
  3. Two different questions1 min
  4. What fiqh actually means2 min
  5. One question, many answers1 min
  6. Ibn al-Qayyim and the worship of the hour2 min
  7. Salah itself teaches the principle1 min
  8. Why fixed rankings of worship mislead2 min
  9. What Allah loves most1 min
  10. Worship according to temperament1 min
  11. Attachment to a form, or attachment to Allah2 min
  12. A test case: the repeated nafl Hajj2 min
  13. The questions a pilgrim must ask himself2 min
  14. Scholars are not exempt1 min
  15. The most respectable form of self-indulgence1 min
  16. The subtler test: choosing between two goods1 min
  17. From choosing worship to responding to Allah1 min
  18. Three safeguards2 min
  19. Conveying the command of the moment1 min
  20. The two supplications3 min
  21. The deen of the present tense2 min
  22. A note on sources and grading1 min

The Command of the Moment

Tafaqquh fid-Deen and the divine demand of the present hour

The ummah is not short of religious information but of the faculty that tells a believer what Allah requires of him now. Built around one sentence of the elders — haal ke amr ko pahunchana asl deen hai — the book argues from the Qur’an, the sahih Sunnah and Ibn al-Qayyim, tests the principle against the habit of repeated nafl pilgrimage, and fences it with safeguards.

Contents

  1. Why this book, and why now
  2. A sentence worth a lifetime
  3. Two different questions
  4. What fiqh actually means
  5. One question, many answers
  6. Ibn al-Qayyim and the worship of the hour
  7. Salah itself teaches the principle
  8. Why fixed rankings of worship mislead
  9. What Allah loves most
  10. Worship according to temperament
  11. Attachment to a form, or attachment to Allah
  12. A test case: the repeated nafl Hajj
  13. The questions a pilgrim must ask himself
  14. Scholars are not exempt
  15. The most respectable form of self-indulgence
  16. The subtler test: choosing between two goods
  17. From choosing worship to responding to Allah
  18. Three safeguards
  19. Conveying the command of the moment
  20. The two supplications
  21. The deen of the present tense
  22. A note on sources and grading