Man Made Laws Vs. Shari‘ah by Dr. Abdur Rahman Ibn Salih Al Mahmood

Man Made Laws Versus Shari‘ah: Evaluating Alternative Rulings and Conditions by Dr. Abdur Rahman Ibn Salih Al Mahmood serves as a timely response to the propagation of ideas attempting to justify the current state of the Ummah (community) and the actions of those ruling against what Allah has revealed. This book examines the extreme beliefs of the Murji‘ah and the Khawârij, which have afflicted the Ummah for far too long. The Murji‘ah believe that faith is solely a matter of belief in the heart, with no connection to actions. Meanwhile, the Khawârij hold that any sin equates to major kufr (unbelief), thus rendering a person outside the realm of Islam. By exposing these misconceptions, the author then presents the middle ground of Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jamâ‘ah (the People of the Sunnah and the Community), based on the teachings of the Qur’an and the Sunnah