Controversial Questions about Islam

Controversial Questions about Islam and Comments
Prophetic traditions, which make cleanliness and protection of
drinks and food from harmful things a must.
Related to the previous example is another prophetic tradition, which
confirms that camel’s urine is good medication for certain diseases. (1)
On the other hand, some may doubt these Traditions, but the
question is: why do we doubt an authentic Prophetic tradition while
we believe some purely human discoveries, such as the use of venom
in preparing some medical products?
3. Acceptable multiplicity in diagnosing the reality.
4. Acceptable multiplicity in the way of matching between the reality
and the related judgment. An example of this is whether the ruling of
a bank selling goods by installment is usury, because their original
business is financing, not selling goods.
5. Acceptable multiplicity in choosing the secondary sources
of Islamic law, such as to accept istihsan (common sense or
discretion in weighing the secondary sources) or the model set
by the people of Medina or to reject either or both .
(1) al-Bukhari: al-Jihad and as-Siyar.
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