HISBAH

HISBAH. The word hisbah literally means “sum” or “reward.” Technically, however, it connotes the state institution to promote what is proper and forbid what is improper (al-amr bi-al-ma’ruf wa-al-nahy `an almunkar). Although the Qur’an visualizes every Muslim in roles that lead to the propagation of good and the suppression of evil (surah 3.110), the state

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