Islam Before All the Rules (How Allah Set the Foundational Principles) When many Muslims think about the message of the Quran, they think about the rules first. And yes, Allah has given us guidelines to follow, and disciplines like fiqh play an essential role in applying those guidelines correctly. But this is not how early Islam looked. During the first thirteen years of the seerah in Makkah, before the obligations of fasting, zakat, and Hajj were revealed, the Quran was shaping something deepe