LessonsHuman Capacity: Power, Action, and ConditionsQuiz

وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Pilgrimage to the House is owed to Allah by those people who are able to find a way to it. (Āl ʿImrān 3:97)

For pilgrimage, the ability to travel, physical fitness, and access to the route matter as available means of compliance before the journey begins. Here 'capacity' is not being used only for the particular power accompanying each individual movement of the pilgrimage.

The example demonstrates that religious language may separately consider the possession of the necessary means and the actual occurrence of performance.

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Capacity in the obligation of pilgrimage

Human Capacity: Power, Action, and Conditions

وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Pilgrimage to the House is owed to Allah by those people who are able to find a way to it. (Āl ʿImrān 3:97)

For pilgrimage, the ability to travel, physical fitness, and access to the route matter as available means of compliance before the journey begins. Here 'capacity' is not being used only for the particular power accompanying each individual movement of the pilgrimage.

The example demonstrates that religious language may separately consider the possession of the necessary means and the actual occurrence of performance.