“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 Peter Sloterdijk contends that this originates with the Romans expelling their king, Tarquin, and choosing the republican form. And therein lies …
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 …