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Q: Does Islam alone have a Law?
A: And We sent down to you (Muhammad) The Scripture (Qur'an) with the Truth confirming what was
before it from The Scripture (Torah - Injeel) and supervising (protecting the Truth in) it so do (command to Prophet
Muhammad) judge among them (Muslims) and do not follow their desires diverting you from what
has reached you from the Truth - To each (Jews, Christians and Muslims) We (Allah) had assigned a revealed
law (Shariah) and a way of life - and if Allah willed He would have kept you as one nation (like before) but
(He did not) to test you in what He gave you so make haste in the good deeds - to Allah is the return of you all
so He will inform you (then) about what you were disagreeing in.
Translation of: Ayah 48, Surat AlMa'idah.
Note: Law of Torah
Note: Law of Injeel (Bible)
Words: Mussadiq = Confirming, AlKitab = The Scripture - The Holy Book, Muhaymen =
Supervising - Protecting - Controlling, Ehkum = Judge, Anzala = Sent, Tattabe' = Follow, Ahwa' =
Whims - Desires, Shirah = A revealed law - Shariah, Minhaj = System - Method, Ja'ala = Kept - Made,
Ummah = Nation, Yablou = Tests, Takhtalif = Disagree - Differ.
Q: What law was prevailing before Islam?
A: And judge among them with what Allah has
sent down and do not follow their desires - And beware of them lest they lure you away from some of what
Allah has sent down to you - So if they turned away then have knowledge that indeed Allah wants to punish
them for some of their sins and a lot of people have indeed strayed away (from Allah's Path); Do they
want the judgment of the Days of Ignorance (Pre-Islam in Arabia) and who is better
than Allah in judgment for the people who are convinced of their faith.
Translation of: Ayat 49 - 50, Surat AlMa'idah.
Words: Yaftin = Lure you away, Dhonoub = Sins, AlJa'hiliya = The Days of Ignorance, Yabghi = Wants,
Ahsen = Better, Yuqinoun = Are convinced of faith.
Q: What is the punishment in Islamic Shariah for theft?
Note: To make justice corruption such as bribery and unlawful intercession because of personal
connections must not exist in a society that punishes according to the Islamic Shariah.
A: And the male thief and the female thief so do cut their hands (one hand) as a return
for what they did (and) as exemplary punishment from Allah and Allah is Al-Mighty, All-Wise; Then
(after the punishment) who repents after his transgression and does good then Allah will forgive him* for
Allah is Most-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.
Translation of: Ayat 38 - 39, Surat AlMa'idah.
* In a saying of the Prophet Muhammad to a woman who repented to Allah after her hand was cut: You are clear
from your sin like the day you were born.
Note: In a summary of a speech of the Prophet Muhammad: (The tribe of) Quraysh was
concerned about cutting the hand of the woman from the (wealthy) people of "Bani Makhzoum". They chose
Usamah Bin Zayd, the Prophet's beloved "servant's" son to intercede on her behalf. The Prophet said: Do you
mediate in a divine
statute (penalty) of Allah? Then the Prophet preached: The people before you were destroyed because if a
known person (with support = AlShareef) stole they would leave him and if a weak person (with no support
= AlDhaeef) stole they would subject him to the penatly. By Allah! If "Fatimah" the daughter of Muhammad stole I would have cut her hand, Source: AlLou'lou'
walMarjan feema etafaqqa alayhi alSheikhan AlBukhari wa Muslim. In Arabic, page 348.
Note: Theft to be subjected to Islamic penalty must meet certain conditions such as the
price value of the item stolen.
* Note: Quraish before Islam was the first tribe to cut the hand of a thief who stole the treasure of
AlKa'bah. It is said that some people stole it and left it with him. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 2
page 82.
Words: Sariq = Male thief, Sariqah = Female thief, Eqta' = Cut, Aydi = Their
hands, Jaza'an = As a return, Kasaba = They did, Nakalan = As an exemplary punishment, Taba =
Repented, Aslaha = Did good deeds.
Q: Allah is Pure and considers anyone who joins partner(s) with Him impure. Why only Muslims are allowed in
Muslims' Sacred Places (Mecca and AlMadinah)?
A: (Allah says) O people who believe (Muslims) for those who join partners with Allah are impure
(religiously = najas)* so they should not come near the Sacred Mosque* after this year of theirs (ninth Hijri
year) and if you fear poverty so Allah will enrich you from His Favour if He wills for Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise.
Translation of: Ayah 28, Surat AlTawbah.
* AlHaram (Allah's House) in Mecca and AlMasjid AlNabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in AlMadinah.
Hint: Remember that the forms of partners joined with Allah: Idols, humans, nature force,
self ...etc. Anyone who says he does not believe in anything actually he believes in the human self as the
powerful.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: Whatever afflicts the Muslim:
Hardship, illness, worrying, sadness, harm or suffering even if he is pricked by a thorn but Allah takes
away from his sins (purifies him). Source: Riyadh AlSaliheen min
Kalam Sayed AlMursaleen, page 24.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: When the believers are saved from The
Fire (= yakhlusoun) then they will be stopped on a bridge between Paradise and Hell. So their injustice
cases of this world among them will be judged. When they are corrected (= huththibou) and purified
(=
nuqqou) they will be granted remission to enter Paradise. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 2, page 809.
Words: Mushrikoun = Those who join partners with Allah, Najas = Impure - La =
Not, Yaqrabou = Come near, AlMasjid AlHaram = The Sacred Mosque, Ba'da = After, Aam = Year,
Khiftum = You fear (plural) Aylah =
Poverty, Yughni = Enriches, Fadhlihi = His Favour - His Bounty.
Q: Should Muslims follow famous historic books when guidance is available in the Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah?
A: Have you (Prophet Muhammad) not seen those who claim that they have believed in what was sent
down to you (Qur'an) and what was sent before you (original Tawrah and Injeel) want to seek the judgement of
other than Allah (= AlTaghout) and they were commanded (by Allah) to disbelieve in him (AlTaghout is from
Satan) and Satan wants to make them stray (with) a far away straying (from Allah's Path).
Translation of: Ayah 60, Surat AlNisa'
Note: According to Shaikh Waleed Basyouni in "Obligation of following Sahabah's Methodology":
The "Shi'ah Muslims"
follow mainly historic books such
as AlImam AlHakim's while "Ahl (people of) AlSunnah walJama'ah (= the group of consensus (genreal agreement)"
follow the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad as narrated by authentic
and trustworthy narrators. Any narration which is doubtful or not well known Ahl AlSunnah is called "weak = dha'eef".
Note: Islam encourages "AlIjtihad = Interpretive Judgment" as long as it is
1. not "bid'ah = (new concept that misleads away from Allah's Path), 2. not against the Qur'an and the Sunnah
and 3. not against what the Prophet's
companions agreed on (their interpretive judgement was in line with the Qur'an or the Sunnah). For
example a summary is: When the Prophet died Muslims asked the Prophet's successor Abu Bakr about the Tamattu`
means performing (Umrah "voluntary lesser pilgrimage" during the Hajj season). Abu Bakr said (No) and Umar Bin
AlKhatab respected his opinion and said (No). Abdullah Bin Umar Bin AlKhattab said he heard the Prophet
had said (Yes). The companions said but Abu Bakr and Umar said (No). Abdullah Bin
Umar said: By Allah, you are about to be stoned from the Heaven. I say the Prophet said and you
say Abu Bakr and Umar said!! Source: Scholar: Shaikh Waleed Basyouni, Obligations of following Sahabah's
Methodology. (Note: Shaikh Waleed also adds (a summary of it is:) Some sahabah (Prophet's companions) deviated away from
Allah Path after the death of the Prophet. The Prophet will come to know this when they will not be allowed by angels to drink from
the Prophet's river "AlKassthar". The Prophet will say: My companions! The angels will say: Only if you knew what
they did after you.
Words: Yaz'amoun = who claim, Unzila = Was sent, Yureedoun = They want, Yatahakamou
= They seek judgement, AlTaghout = Other than Allah, Yudhil = Makes them stray - Misleads,
Ba'eedan = Far away.
