Sharia: can u reject it and still remain a muslim?

[roobleh]

Sharia is a system that is based on the Quran, the Sunnah, and fiqh. It is a combination of the revealed and the unrevealed. While the Quran and Sunnah are sacred and beyond revision, Sharia, on the other hand, is one that is open to analysis and criticism.

 

Isn't it our responsibility to analyse and reject any interpretations of the Quran that contradicts how the Prophet(peace be upon him) ruled?

[Allamagan]

Good question I think you can reject any fabricated “sharia” law which has nothing to do with the Sunnah and the Quran, both and has no ground to stand. There are lots of grey areas with different interpretations and each group claiming their interpretation as the most authentic one. Unfortunately, we see many people who claim to be the true followers of the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) and yet ignoring his true teachings and sayings. They are rough and extremists to say the least.

[roobleh]

So what's holding us from seeing Sharia as an interpretation that is subject to criticism and not confuse it with the Quran and the Sunnah?

[NGONGE]

Sharia does not come out of some unknown void, saaxib. It is based on the Quran and Sunnah. Don't dance around the subject and go to the source.

[Khayr]

Originally posted by roobleh:

Sharia is a system that is based on the Quran, the Sunnah, and fiqh. It is a combination of the revealed and the unrevealed. While the Quran and Sunnah are sacred and beyond revision, Sharia, on the other hand, is one that is open to analysis and criticism.

 

Isn't it our responsibility to analyse and reject any interpretations of the Quran that contradicts how the Prophet(peace be upon him) ruled?

1. Shariah is not hudood/Punitive law.

 

Who is "our"? By "Our" do you mean the Individual?

 

the ulama/Islamic scholars?

 

he legislators/burocrats?

 

 

on the other hand, is one that is open to analysis and criticism.

Expand on that a little bit.

 

 

Does an Analysis follow criticism? If so, why?

 

Is there room for "objective" Analysis? Is there need for "further" analysis if we have 1400 yrs. Islamic scholarship?

[roobleh]

True that it is based on the revelation but sharia is still an interpretation saaxiib. You can differ views on many issues or change views later to make it easy for the people. Calif Omar once approved for Muslims to marry temporarily but later out-lawed the practice.

[roobleh]

Sharia law, as is practiced now, restricts freedom of religion while the Quran proclaims such freedom as a gift of God. Isn't today's Sharia law restrict building new Churches for minority Christians?

[Blessed]

The Sharia is currently misapplied by many Muslim states, unfortunately. It’s the duty of the people of knowledge to monitor and critique how these states apply it.

 

Our duty as lay people is to learn about our deen. SubhanAllah, some people have been mouthing off and saying some dangerous things in response to the tragedy that happened in Kismaayo. It’s best to take ones questions to reliable books and scholars, instead of disrespecting Allah.

 

The trouble with us Somalis, is that we’re all sheikhs and judges and unfortunately some are in a position to apply their interpretations on the helpless. It's scary!

[roobleh]

The problem is not to have different interpretations on laws but blindly enforcing on others. Though wrong interpretations cause confussion, causing harm on others by enforcing it is cruel and against Islam.

[Blessed]

^You've lost me there, bro. The problem is not the different interpretations but enforcing it on people?? What is ' it '? The sharia or the wrong interpretations of it??? :confused:

[roobleh]

Blessed, I'm not saying that wrong interpretations of Islam is okay but we can co-exist with them as long as they do not act upon it. Extremism is not unique to Islam, but there are extremists in other major religions such as Christianity. However, such extremists in the West do not or could not act on their beliefs on the rest of the society. So, as long as Muslim extremists refrain from taking the law into their own hands, that's fine with me. I'll leave the judgement to Allah on that LAST DAY. But we should not let them destroy our society and paint our religion as barbaric.

[NinBrown]

Boss...your confused big time...and you talking nonsense in this whole thread.

 

Sharia is from the Quran and sunnah and is the best form legislature for minkind.

 

you cant knock something good because someone uses it badly.....water is not bad/evil because people can drown in it.

 

Make your agenda clear or sheydaanka iska naar

[roobleh]

The Quran and Sunnah is what I'm going to keep saaxiib. I'll be naive not to question different enterpretations of the Quran and Sunnah to see if it contradicts the Quran and Haddith.

[Ashkiro]

@But we should not let them destroy our society and paint our religion as barbaric.

 

And how do you think this can be achieved? Majority if not all Muslim states are corrupt. You have those whom are siding with war on terror machine committing gross human rights violations or on the other hand those whom are declaring themselves defenders of the people and committing gross human rights violations. While the rest of the people are just caught in between.

[roobleh]

^One of the reasons of their failure may have to do with the lack of Constitution and democracy.

 

I believe that Islam and democracy can go hand-in-hand. We can learn a lot from the American Constitution, especially, the Bill of Rights. Even, the influence of Islam could be traced back to the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776. One of the forefathers and the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, read and had a copy of the Quran.

 

The Quran and the Sunnah have laid down broud principles and could be used as a guidance for new ideas, concepts, and rulings for an Islamic Constitution.