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For no sooner did Abdullah ibn Lahsh read the contents of the Prophet's letter, which detailed the dangerous nature of the mission, than he said to his men "Whosever among you wants and desires martyrdom, then let him proceed forward. And whosoever hates for that to occur, then let him return. As for me. I’m proceeding forward as per the command of the Messenger of Allah". Ofcourse, all of his men followed his lead.

"The ultimate cause of evolution lies in the unseen possibilities for consciousness, which is pushing the process forward for its own realization. Lie is expressing only those tendencies in the instincts of the evolving species which exist already in its nature."

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In Imam Shaafi’s discussion of analogy(Qiyaas), one of the major premises was that all events and occurrences must be subject to the ruling in Islam. Since Shariah embraces all things, there must be a ruling on every occurrence, either from a text or from an indication or evidence which the seeker can find. For Imam Shaafi, ijtihad on points for which there is no text or consensus can only be made through analogy.

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‘By God! He does not believe! By God! He does not believe!’ It was said, ‘Who is that, O Messenger of God?’ He said: ‘The person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his evil.’

After the elections of 1970, Mawdudi developed second thoughts about the path he had chosen for the Jama'at. In 1975, he advised the Jamaat's shura to reassess the course of action and to opt out of politics, but by then the party was far too politicized to follow his counsel. By some accounts, Mawdudi was disappointed with what he had created"If I had
the stamina I would start all over again” he told his wife