Haqq
Definition
Haqq in the context of brotherhood refers to the specific rights and obligations that Islamic teaching establishes between believers — the concrete duties one owes to a fellow Muslim that are not optional expressions of generosity but genuine obligations. These include responding to the greeting of salam, visiting the sick, attending the funerals of the dead, accepting invitations, and responding to a sneezing person with 'yarhamukallah.' Al-Ghazali covers these rights in detail, arguing that they form the social fabric that makes genuine brotherhood more than a feeling — they make it a practised, lived reality.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
How the scholars use Haqq.
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"Al-Hakim also narrates it from Abu Hurayrah and deems the chain to be authentic. However, At-Tabarani narrates it in "As-Saghir" from Ibn Umar with a good chain, but Abdul-Haqq argues that none of these chains should be relied upon. The hadith about eating lizard meat at the table of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, is mentioned by the compiler as being in the two Sahihs."
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 14: The Lawful and the Unlawful
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