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Fasiq

الفاسق

Fasiq in fiqh is one who departs from obedience through a grave sin or persistence in sin; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats fisq in the chapters on testimony, leading prayer and interdiction 1.

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Fasiq in the legal-religious terminology is one who departs from obedience through a grave sin or through persistence; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia treats fisq and its effects in the chapters on testimony, prayer leadership and interdiction 1.

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The encyclopedia's discussions include praying behind a fasiq, the effect of an imam's fisq on his authority, and interdicting a fasiq 1.

People and things also explored

The sanctity of a Muslim's blood· Takfir· Injustice (zulm)· The Shahanshah laqab controversy· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· Ahliyya (legal capacity: to have rights and duties, and to act; its stages from the womb to full maturity, and what impairs it)· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Islamic eschatology

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3)
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islam.museum contributors. “Fasiq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/fasiq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The sanctity of a Muslim's blood

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