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ForewordByDr. Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al-TurkiSecretary-General, Muslim World LeagueDeputy Chairman, Islamic Fiqh CouncilIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulAll praise is to Allah for His favours, which He has bestowedupon us. Blessing and peace be upon Prophet Muhammad andall those who followed his guidance.The glory of Islam and greatness of its Shari’ah as well ascomprehensiveness of its rules to serve the cause of people in theworld and in the hereafter are such realities, which cannot bedenied.Muslims have to show the obedience to Almighty Allah andthey have to follow His Messenger Muhammad (peace be uponhim), hence, they are bound to abide by the Qur’an and theSunnah, because they protect them from misguidance and showthem the straight path: “Verily, this is My Straight Path, sofollow it and follow not (other) paths. They will scatter you aboutfrom His (great) Path…” (Qur’an, 6:153)Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) has been reportedas saying: “I have left with you two things, which if you adhereto, you will never go astray. These two things are the Book ofAllah and my Sunnah.”The textual provisions of the Qur’an and the Sunnah aregeneral while the issues and problems are unlimited. That is whywe find that there are the general texts and basic rules as well as17