al-Ilam bi-Ahkam al-Mal al-Haram
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al-I‘lam bi-Ahkam al-Mal al-Haram (Notification Regarding the Rulings on Illicit Wealth) is a legal treatise authored by Mansur ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Najjar, examining the rulings surrounding unlawfully acquired property, forms of illicit gain, and the Islamic legal mechanisms for divesting oneself of such funds .
Subject and Scope
The work is directed at general Muslims as well as students of Islamic jurisprudence, addressing both classical and contemporary forms of unlawful income . It provides legal analysis for practical questions regarding illicit assets, including the permissibility of accepting gifts from individuals whose predominant earnings are illicit, the validity of performing Hajj using unlawful funds, and the legality of utilizing illicit wealth to build mosques .
The author also examines the proper manner in which a repentant individual can dispose of unlawfully gained money whose rightful owner is unknown, the legal status of property acquired prior to converting to Islam, and the liabilities of a repentant thief when the stolen property has perished without an available replacement . In addition, the book dedicates extensive discussion to the rules governing usury (riba) and its contemporary applications .
Methodology and Reception
In compiling the book, al-Najjar collected textual proofs from the Quran and the Sunnah, incorporating the juristic deductions of the Sahaba and the Tabi'un . He verified the authenticity of hadiths and biographical reports (athar), citing the views of leading scholars across the Islamic legal schools directly from their recognized texts and assessing their arguments to weigh the preponderant opinion (tarjih) based on textual evidence .
The work features a commendatory foreword by the scholar Mustafa ibn al-Adawi, who praised the author's rigor in hadith verification, his documentation of juristic and exegetical positions from primary sources, and his integration of contemporary scholarly fatwas on modern financial transactions .
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