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People have minimised religon to a set of rules, rights & responsibilities. They dismiss anything that involves the complexities of human engagement with the world as meaningless, such as hopes, fears, dreams, emotions or anything necessitating human interpretation.
In this way they belittle the scope of religion by holding it to a legalistic standard when there is a whole realm of human experience that can not be confined this way!
Islam isnât a deontological system where thereâs a rigid idea of right and wrong which cannot be defied under any circumstance. You must use initiative to decide what is right in each situation. Whatever maximises good and promotes love while minimising harm is to be pursued.
Love can employ the law where it seems worthwhile, otherwise it can break the rules where needed. There are many situations where something permissible may be immoral and vice versa. Something that is traditionally wrong may be the most loving course of action in the situation.
This ties into the fact that you canât live life virtuously by sticking to a rule book. Just because youâre acting within your rights, does not mean youâre acting righteously. You can pursue an act that is completely within your rights, yet still be acting callously or selfishly.
Thus in order to live a morally fulfilling life, we must abandon the legalistâs love of law and accept only the law of love.
