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يقوم هذا المبدأ على الفرق بين الملك الحقيقي لله والاستخلاف البشري، ويبني عليه المؤلف مسألة المسؤولية عن المال ¹ ².

People and things also explored

Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Rights and duties (huquq wal-wajibat)· Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties

Sources

Principles of Islamic Economics — Rafiq Yunus al-Misri , p. 70
Principles of Islamic Economics — Rafiq Yunus al-Misri , p. 71

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Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)

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