jtiki

Sidi Abd Al-Wahid Ashir defines taqwa as "The summation of taqwa is avoiding prohibitions and fulfilling injuctions both inwardly and outwardly." Taqwa literally means "to ward off," to "to take precaution." According to scholars it is "to protect oneself from the punishment of Allah by obedience to Him." Ibn Ashir believed there were four (4) aspects for people to aknoweldge and gain benefit from in taqwa; they are: fulfilling obligations outwardly fulfilling obligations inwardly avoiding p...