Postby The Law26 » Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:12 pm
J.B
Welcome aboard, the sisters need a stronger wahabi aka salafi voice like yours, but first let me make clear to you the point of contention was that wahabis aka Salafi believe that a hadith can abrogate an ayat, and not they alone view stoning adultery. And as a matter of fact, you reposted what proud copied and pasted already.
“I challenge anyone to quote a sahab or one of the great four imams rejecting stoning to death for Adulterers.â€Â
Let us get this right he Qur'anic verses were promulgated by the Prophet pbuh and that it was he whose authority was necessary for the abrogation of any Quraanic verse; In this contentious issue of adultery, except Uthman, not the Prophet pbuh, no Companion, not even Abu Bakr ra or Ali ra, could say that the aultery verse was abrogated. The Prophet pbuh alone was entitled to say so, and there is not a single tradition to the effect that he ever said so; it is always some Companion or a later authority to whom such views are claimed to be traced. Then, what is the use of the ayat of flogging remaining in the Holy Book of Quraan?
“Similar are the examples of salaat, zakaat and other obligations in Shariah. The pragmatic method of salaat and zakaat is not found in the Qur’an, nor is any human using his limited intellect permitted to interpret them.â€Â
No, J.B it is not the same, in adultery we have a clear Command ayat that mentions the punishment(s)for adultery, and are as follows:
The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.
Since the revelation of this ayat, the prophet pbuh have not condemned a Muslim or otherwise to stoning. Why Now? What we gonna do with this ayat now, dump it? Is that what you are suggesting?
"Say (O Muhammad), 'I am no more than a human being like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is ONE GOD. Therefore, you shall observe Him ALONE, and ask His forgiveness."
Qur'an 41:6
Stoning was Canon Law. In the hadith, there were people that were stoned to death but they were Jews. Prophet Mohammad pbuh was the leader at the time and according to Jewish law, the punishment was stoning. Later it was implemented stoning as the punishment of adultery due to the decadency of the societis at that time, although it does not apply to follow the COMMANDS of the Quraan. There are four major Sunni schools, none of which is sanctioned by Allah SWT, or the Prophet pbuh. The early scholars who are so revered today understood that their RULINGS WERE NEVER MEANT FOR ALL PLACES AND ALL TIMES. They never meant for their rulings to be adopted in places they were not meant for, so doing so is an innovation and a failure to follow the very folks you believe you're following. Kind of ironic.
So, in-order for you to follow a school with any consistency, you would have to follow rules formulated within the context of societal norms that are out of sync with the life you live. For example, if your madhab says you can't marry without your father's permission or that he can marry you off without your permission (sorry if you are male), would you go along with that for yourself or your daughters? If the mad-hab says you cannot travel without a related male (again sorry if you are male) with you or without his permission, are you ready to go along with that?
The case of stoning, it's in ahadith and fiqh (opinions of scholars) that we find many of the extra-Quranic laws that don't exist in the Quran or even in the Prophet's pbuh Sunnah, because they have been derived from the context of the societies they were developed in.
Madhabs developed many years after the Prophet's pbuh death, so we have no indication as to what he would have to say about them; they are not Sunnah. There have also been dozens of them, not just four; the ebb and flow primarily a matter of gaining or falling out of favor with the powers that be. This is how Wahabiism became the state religion of the KSA - the rulers chose it and forced it on others. Since all of the mad-habs are correct (in theory), and none of the rulings are divine, but rather, derived by fallible mortals, and nothing they do is sanctioned by Allah SWT, then how can it be problematic to either ignore them completely, or take it piecemeal like you guys do?
Let me conclude that it is not revisionism to uphold the Word Of Allah SWT, and that is why we need Ijtihaad so desperately.
Allah Swt Commands us;
The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.