Living The Quran
From Issue: 678 [Read full issue]
Permissibility
Al Jathiyah (Kneeling Down) - Chapter 45: Verse 13
"And He has made subservient to you, what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, all together from Him; in that are signs indeed for people who reflect."
This verse states a highly significant principle in Islamic faith and law the jurists have inferred: that the general rule about any substance is that God has allowed its use, as long as no specific rule in the divine law has stated that it is forbidden. The divine laws in the Quran and Sunnah are not comprehensive with regard to all that is allowed, but they comprehensively and specifically indicate what is forbidden. All what is not indicated in the divine sources as forbidden is considered allowed and lawful as long as it is not harmful, since whatever causes harm is forbidden. If anything shares the properties of something forbidden in the Quran and Sunnah it may be considered forbidden through a convincing analogy.
Compiled From:
"Concepts of the Quran" - Fathi Osman, p. 47