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Tracing Definition Of Maruf And Munkar From Sources
Assalamualaikum
Can get an explaination (linguistic) on the interpretation of “maruf” and “munkar” as the universal accepted moral values on which whole humanity agrees , instead of those do’s and dont’s that Islam says and whole humanity doesn’t accept them?
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Tracing Definition Of Maruf And Munkar From Sources
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There’s no interpretation or any linguistic explanation required. Ma’ruf and munkar are Arabic words that are commonly used to refer to well known good and bad respectively.
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Can get a reference to some book. I tried to search in Mufradat of Raghib Asfahani and he said ” Al-Ma’ruf: It is the name of every word or deed whose goodness is proved by the intellect or the Shari’ah, and Munkar is the name of every thing which is considered bad according to the intellect and the Shari’ah.”
He said aqal and Shariah, by Shariah and aqal also interest can be said a moral sin but it is not universally accepted.
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Reference is God’s book itself.
Quran 30:30:
So, [now that these facts have become evident,] following one God continue to point your face [like your father Abraham] towards his religion. Follow the nature created by God [O Prophet!] on which He has created people. This nature created by God cannot be changed. This only is the straight path but most people know not.
Riba is morally wrong and it’s accepted as such universally.
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That riba example i was giving was as gray area same as pig, dead etc, like today people still can’t differentiate.
And does this tell about explain maruf and munkar meaning?
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There’s nothing grey about riba. People who earn riba know very well that it’s not good. Eating pig or dead meat are not maruf or munkar.
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Riba is munkar but could be made debatable just like pig for some resemblance with trade or investment. That is why God gave His verdict that is haram.
The definition you provided is good enough to know the meanings of maruf and Munkar. Any Arabic dictionary will tell the same. That what is good and bad with intellect is good and bad with shariah. The injunctions of Deen regarding good and bad within religion are called Amr and nahi. Plural awaamir and Nawaahi like saying prayer and keeping fast etc
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Like if i can remember right Ghamidi sahab says that ” maruf and munkar are those which are universally accepted”, but according to the definition of Raghib Asfahani RA which is wrong to intellect and Shariah also. And everything which Shariah says is not accepted universally right or wrong?
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Isfahani mentions intellect first, shariah is mentioned as supportive. Intellect is universal. Universally accepted means overwhelming majority of the human beings accept it, like murder, piety, etc. They may differ in some applications of Maruf and Munkar but everyone accepts the concept and also majority of the applications are universal too.
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