LessonsCreed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through QuestionsQuiz

Question: Are the capacity relevant to an obligation and the enabling of an act identical?

Answer: No. Health, functioning faculties and available means are relevant to legal responsibility; the effective enabling of the action is also attributed to Allah’s aid as the act occurs.

Follow-up: What follows from this distinction?

Clarification: One fulfills obligations within genuine capacity, makes use of available means and seeks divine aid. Real incapacity must not be confused with simple neglect.

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Creed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through Questions

Question: Are the capacity relevant to an obligation and the enabling of an act identical?

Answer: No. Health, functioning faculties and available means are relevant to legal responsibility; the effective enabling of the action is also attributed to Allah’s aid as the act occurs.

Follow-up: What follows from this distinction?

Clarification: One fulfills obligations within genuine capacity, makes use of available means and seeks divine aid. Real incapacity must not be confused with simple neglect.