The Importance of Being Ambiguous Or the Sin Tax of Ignoring Syntax

Posted from Medina Munawara, the City of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. "If a profligate comes to you with news, make sure you understand it (tabayyanu) and make sure you know it indeed happened (tathabbatu), or else you will attack people out of ignorance and end up in great remorse" (Qur'an 49:6).1 [...]