Applying Al-Ghazali’s Eight Degrees of Hisbah to Ihtisab On Intoxicants in Kano State of Nigeria
Abstract:
This article considered the ways and methodologies used by the Hisbah regarding
intoxication in Kano State, whether forming part of the liquor law of the state or the
Sharia Penal Code. The methods are then compared with Al-Ghazali’s Degrees of
Hisbah to see whether they match and if not why and which can be reviewed, the Kano
Hisbah methods or Al-Ghazali’s degrees; The paper also considered whether AlGhazali’s Degrees of Hisbah or Maratibul-Ihtisab augur well with Official Hisbah as
opposed to Voluntary Hisbah, it analyzed the steps taken by Kano Hisbah and found
that although all the eight steps can be found or used at one point or the other, the steps
are not followed serially or chronologically as al-Ghazali posited. The methodology of
the article is both doctrinal and empirical and the empirical aspects are the application
of the principles on the procedure of the Hisbah in Kano. Recommendations were made
at the end of the paper which include a call to the Hisbah to plan carefully on each step
and to be scientific in eradicating evil and increasing motivators of good and reducing
motivators of evil and for the Hisbah to pay attention on fight against consumption of
Indian Hemp.
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