“Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.”1 ‘The exception’ is the state of emergency. Of course, ‘he who’ is not originally or theoretically sovereign; the people are, according to Hobbes and everyone since. And therein lies the rub. The electoral process, which is thought to elect ‘representatives’ of ‘the people’, throws up those who find …
Monthly Archives: April 2025
Sajdas after Subh and ‘Asr
The Muwatta’ Malik said, “No one should recite any of the pieces of Qur’an that require a prostration after the prayers of Subh and ‘Asr. This is because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade prayer after Subh until after the sun had risen, and after ‘Asr until the …