The Meaning of What Is Right and What Is Wrong in the Shari'ah
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The Shaykh : Here we ask: What is what is right (ma'ruf)? Is it what people know, or what the Shari'ah knows and approves? Yes, it is what the Shari'ah knows and approves, not what people know, because people may know what is wrong and deny what is right. Rather, what is right is what the Shari'ah knows and approves, such as the laws of Islam, and what is wrong is what the Shari'ah denies and warns against, such as sins. This is the definition of what is right and the definition of what is wrong.