Allah, the Most High says: "Surely Allah enjoins justice and...

Allah, the Most High says: "Surely Allah enjoins justice and the doing good (to others) and the giving to the kindred, and He forbids indecency and evil and rebellion…" Holy Qur'an (Nahl 16: 90) "…and has not laid upon you any hardship in religion…" Holy Qur'an (Hajj (22: 788) "…Allah desires ease for you, and He desires not hardship for you,…" Holy Qur'an (Baqara 2: 77) "Take alms out of their property - you would clean them and purify them thereby…" Holy Qur'an (Tawba 9: 103) "…(all) good things are made lawful for you…" Holy Qur'an (Ma'ida 5:5) "Say: My Lord forbids only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are concealed,…" Holy Qur'an (A'raf 7: 33) "O David, surely We have made you a ruler in the land; so judge between men justly and follow not desire,…" Holy Qur'an (Sad 38: 26) "O you who believe, fulful the obligations…" Holy Qur'an (Ma'ida 5: 1) "...and Allah has allowed trading and forbidden usury…" Holy Qur'an (Baqara 2: 275) "…and women have rights similar to those against them in a just manner,…" Holy Qur'an (Baqara 2: 228) "And surely We have honoured the children of Adam, and We carry them in the land and the sea, and We provide them with good things, and We have made them to excel highly most of those whom We have created." Holy Qur'an (Isra' 17: 70) These verses of the Qur'an carrying ample legislative principles have their counterparts in the pure sunna.

A large number of legislative traditions present the bases for legislative principles from which many laws can be formulated. Other traditions and Prophetic statements provide us with legislations and rules that govern individual relations, situations and positions while carrying a general sense suitable for application in identical cases.

Here, we shall mention some traditions that take the form of legislative principles: The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) says: "No one shall harm nor be harmed." "Obligation has been suspended in my ummah in respect to nine cases:Mistake, forgetfulness, what they do under duress, what they do not know, what they cannot do, what they are forced to do by circumstances, envy, evil omen, and thought over a devilish insinuation concerning creation, as long as nothing isgiven as evidence." It has been reported from him (s.a.w.) that: "A Muslim is a brother to a Muslim, he shall not cheat him nor act treacherously towards him nor backbite him.