At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
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Summary
Rasul in the lexicon is one sent to carry a message; in technical use it has two senses: one sent from one person to another with money or a message, and one of the messengers of God, a free male to whom God revealed a law and whom He commanded to convey it. 1 2 The messenger must convey the call, and those who receive it must believe in and obey the messengers. 2 The scholars agree that whoever insults or mocks a messenger disbelieves, and the insulter of the Prophet is killed. 2 3 An animal may not be slaughtered in the name of the Messenger of God. 3 The Prophet set aside pastures at al-Naqi' for the horses of the Muslims and at al-Rabadha for camels of charity, and the majority forbid later rulers to cancel what he protected. 3 4 Envoys of the enemy who come with a message are safe until they deliver it. 4
People and things also explored
Fasiq· 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
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8733
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8734
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8735
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8736
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islam.museum contributors. “Rasul (the messenger): the duty to convey, the penalty for insulting messengers, the prohibition on sacrifice in a messenger's name, and the Prophet's protected pastures”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/rasul-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.