Salaam all
It is not surprising to see the shirk that has crept into the
so-called ulema, this is the clearly stated purpose of man's avowed
enemy. And since he cannot corrupt the Qur'an he has to attack the
followers of Islam on every other possible path.
RAJM (STONING) IS MURDER, DISOBEYS THE QUR'AN, AND WILL LAND THE
STONER IN HELLFIRE.
STONING THE ADULTERER IS NOT IN THE QUR'AN
The orthodox scholars of the four Madhabs of Sunni Islam tell us that
the correct Sha'riah punishment for the married adulterer is Rajm
(stoning to death); the orthodox scholars of Shi'a Islam are divided
on this issue; and most of the orthodox scholars of Ibadhi Islam
reject stoning.
There is a great deal of evidence that stoning is an early error
propagated by certain over-zealous leaders; and has now become so
deeply intertwined that to admit the error would shake the roots of
the orthodox understanding of Sha'riah. What is this evidence?
Some scholars tell us stone. The Qur'an still says lash.
Given that Allah says one thing and some scholars report that the
Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa salaam) did another, believers should
believe Allah.
But there is a way to get closer to the truth here.
Gather all the hadith that report that stoning was called for by the
Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa salaam).
Identify those which occured before the revelation of an-Noor 24:2.
These can be disregarded, as the instruction to lash the adulterer had
not yet been given.
Identify those which cannot be dated as to before or after the
revelation of an-Noor 24:2.
These must be disregarded, because they might have occurred before 24:2.
Identify those cases where the defendants were Jewish.
These too must be disregarded for, as you probably know, the
Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa salaam) was in a treaty with the Jews in
Medina (1) under which Muslims would be judged by Islamic law, and
Jews would be judged by Judaic law.
And Jewish law DOES call for stoning. (2)
Now take the few hadith you have left. A small straggling group of
them. Hadith that allege that the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa salaam)
sentenced Muslim adulterers to stoning AFTER the revelation of
an-Noor 24-2.
(http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/024.qmt.quran.aspx#024_002 )
Not many, are they?
To those hadith I recommend you first apply this one...
In the Farewell Pilgrimage , the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wa salaam)
is reported to have said:
"Forging lies against me has been common to a great extent. However,
it will increase. He who forges lies against me intentionally should
find himself a place in Hell. When you receive any hadith, you should
first measure it according to the criteria of the Qur'an and my Sunna.
If it conforms to them, you will then adopt it. If not, you should
then throw it away."
Quoted from At-Tabirsi's Alihtijaj
Stoning does NOT conform to the Qur'an.
To prove this, find stoning in the Book of Allah. Search carefully.
Let me save you some time: not only will you NOT find the command to
stone ANYWHERE in the book of Allah, if you carefully read His book
ayat by ayat you will find exactly five mentions of the act of stoning
by men...
* Nuh threatened with stoning by disbelievers
(ash-Shu'araa 26:116)
http://www.islamawakened.com/26:116
* Ibrahim's father threatens Ibrahimwith stoning
(Maryam 19:46)
http://www.islamawakened.com/19:46
* Men in the cave scared of stoning by disbelievers
(al-Kahf 18:20)
http://www.islamawakened.com/18:20
* The three messengers threatened with stoning by disbelievers
(Yas-Sin 36:18)
http://www.islamawakened.com/36:18
* Shu'aib threatened with stoning by his people
(Hud 11:91)
http://www.islamawakened.com/11:91
Read these ayah.
IN EVERY CASE stoning is shown to us to be a practice of men only
when those men are UNBELIEVERS.
Unless one believes that Allah creates His book by chance and
happenstance one MUST heed the underlying message:
In every account in the Qur'an
only unbelieving men STONE.
The mainstream Sunni orthodox stance on stoning is based almost
entirely on hadith records, records narrated through Omar, who tells
us he remembers the "ayat-ul-rajm" (verse of stoning).
Even if he did, would that be any call for believers to ignore the
works of the only One who has the power to remove such a verse?
ALLAH has REMOVED such a verse IF it existed!
This makes any stories of an "ayat-ul-rajm" powerful proof indeed…
…proof AGAINST stoning.
Proof against stoning is found elsewhere in the Qur'an, but this is
only of importance for those who believe the Word of Allah to be the
greatest authority. Are you of those? Then read...
In al-Kahf Musa says to his companion...
Faintalaqa hatta itha laqiya ghulaman faqatalahu qala aqatalta nafsan
zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji/ta shay-an nukran
(So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him. [Musa] said:
Have you slain an innocent person otherwise than for manslaughter?
Certainly you have done an evil thing.)
-- al-Kahf 18:74
http://www.islamawakened.com/18:74
So, in the law as known to Musa, killing for any reason – other than
for the crime of killing itself - is a thing NUKRAN. This is by the
word of Prophet Musa...
...as reported through an isnad that includes Allah Himself.
We can agree this is a reliable chain, I assume?
So we are clear on this, inshallah: In al-Khaf 18:74 Allah has shown
us the limits as they were as known to Musa and in the law as sent via
him: NO KILLING except as punishment for killing.
Come forward to the law as set down in the Qur'an.
We are oft reminded of the evil of killing, and the laws against
killing from prior scriptures are confirmed. (see al-Ma'idah 5:32
http://www.islamawakened.com/5:32)
One exception is given us, in that same ayat -
"those who spread mischief through the land".
Now we know Allah is just and He is merciful, and expects us
to try to be, too. Let's test your notion of justice...
An unmarried traveling salesman becomes adept at seducing lonely
housewives. He does this as often as he can.
Who has "spread mischief through the land"?
The salesman?
Or one of the married women who succumbed to him?
It should be clear that only someone willing to twist meanings into
nonsense would name the woman.
It should be clear that NOWHERE in the Qur'an is killing her made legal.
By the report of Allah Himself, killing her will be a thing NUKRAN.
By the examples given by Allah Himself, only unbelieving men stone.
As always, Allahu a'alam.
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(1) The treaty was called the Covenant of Medina.
For an English translation of this Mithaq al-Madinah see, Montgomery
Watt, Muhammad at Medina, 1962 Ed. pp. 221-225.
(2) "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife-with the wife
of his neighbor-both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to
death."
- Levitiucs 20:10
"If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who
slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from
Israel. If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be
married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the
gate of that town AND STONE THEM TO DEATH - the girl because she was
in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated
another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you."
- Deuteronomy 22:22-24
On 8/17/05, AbdulWahidOsmanBelal <AbdulWahidOsmanBelal> wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:58:20 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Rajm(Stoning) for Adultery in the Shariah and the (Hypo)Critics
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> Rajm(Stoning) for Adultery in the Shariah and the (Hypo)Critics/Crites
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> It is not surprising to see the extent of blatant hypocrisy that is
> practised by godless worshippers of the flesh who have lost their moral and
> ethical anchorage. Sadly, their Western-secular orientation has given them
> a skewed vision of moral values.
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> Status of the Shariah (Islamic Law)
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> Let us first understand the principled position of the divinely revealed
> Shariah. The Islamic Shariah(Legal System) has been revealed by the Creator
> and King of the Universe through two main sources which are the Holy Quraan
> and the Sunnah (Prophetic traditions).These two sources are absolutely
> inviolable and cannot be changed by any human being.
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> The Ahkaamul-Hudood(Penal Laws) is a part of the Islamic Shariah. The
> Islamic Penal Laws cannot be compartmentalized so that it operates in
> isolation from the rest of the Shariah system. It is necessary to look at
> the larger picture of the complete Shariah system to appreciate it's
> perfection. The political-economic and social system of the Shariah is
> geared to develop a society of caring believers, whose rich History bears
> testimony to the fact that it's value-system strongly encourages the society
> to share with the less fortunate. One needs only study the laws of the
> Shariah to verify this. So the chances for vice and crime are strongly
> deterred in an Islamic society. Now insignificant braying is quite often
> heard from Western-influenced (hypo)critics that the Penal code of Islam is
> barbaric, that it is unjust to women, that it is archaic etc. etc …
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> Stoning to death for adultery is part of the Shariah's penal code, whether
> we like it or not ! Muslims should not be apologetic about any law of the
> Shariah as it is not the product of the human mind, but it is divinely
> revealed.
> RAJM(STONING) FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN SHARIAH
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> The issue of rajm or stoning for adultery is established and proven from
> the authentic traditions and practices of the Final Messenger(s.a.w.). The
> scholars of Islam are unanimous that stoning a married person(male or
> female) for adultery is the prescribed Hadd(penal punishment) of the
> Shariah. This is established by the Sunnah(prophetic traditions) and these
> traditions are in the rank of tawaatur ( it's narrations cannot be denied
> due to it's appearance in all three generations by numerous narrators). It
> is also proven by the consensus of the scholars which is the third source of
> Islamic Law. Ibn Masud(r.a.) reports: "The blood of a Muslim person is not
> permissible except in one of three situations; the adulterer who is married,
> one who has killed unjustly, and the apostate."(Bukhari and Muslim) This
> hadeeth is also reported with different wording by Uthmaan, Ayesha, Abu
> Hurairah, Jaabir and Ammaar bin Yaasir(may Allah be pleased with all of
> them). Then there is the incident reported by Abu Hurairah(r.a.) and Zaid
> bin Khalid Al-Juhani(r.a.) regarding a workman who committed adultery with
> another woman. The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w.) instructed a man from the
> tribe of Aslam: "Go in the morning to this (particular) lady; so if she
> confesses, then stone her." (Bukhari ,Muslim, Muatta, Musnad Ahmad, Abu
> Dawud, Tirmidhi, An-Nasaai)
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> Buraida(r.a.) also reports the story of Maaiz(r.a.) which appears in various
> narrations. So he confessed to committing adultery and the Prophet
> Muhammad(s.a.w.) ordered for him to be stoned.(Muslim, Abu Dawud) This
> incident is also reported by Abu Hurairah in Musnad Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim,
> Tirmidhi and Abu Dawood. In fact the list of references is too long to
> mention here. Furthermore Buraida(r.a.) also reports the incident of
> Gaamidiyyah(r.a.) who confessed to adultery. The Final Messenger(s.a.w.)
> only accepted her confession on her third approach, and ordered that she be
> stoned after the child had been weaned. She dutifully returned after such a
> long period to be stoned.(Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, Abu Dawud). Adultery is
> considered the third most heinous crime after associating partners in
> worship with the Sole Creator, and after killing an innocent person. For
> this reason the Magnificent Quran states: "And go not near to zina(unlawful
> sexual intercourse).Certainly, it is a Fahishah(a shameful transgression),
> and an evil way."(that leads to hell unless Allah forgives
> him\her.)Quran-Chap.17-Verse:32
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> SPIRIT AND AIMS OF SHARIAH HUDOOD(Penal Code of Islam) The Shariah needs to
> be understood in proper context to appreciate it's spirit and objectives.
> The sacred Shariah aims to preserve and protect that which it also considers
> sacred and they are the following:
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> 1) Human life- therefore a strict and severe penalty of execution will be
> imposed, if the heirs of the murdered person do not forgive the
> murderer\ess, neither do they accept compensation.
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> 2)Aql(human intellect)-for this reason the Shariah imposes 100 lashes for
> consuming intoxicants and alcoholic beverages since they affect the mental
> faculty, create dependency, harm the body and pose immense danger to
> society.
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> 3)Respect and honour of citizens- slander and false accusations regarding a
> person's chastity would result in 80 lashes being imposed by the Shariah
> court.
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> 4)Purity of Lineage- allowing fornication and adultery would result in
> abundance of illegitimate children and, as is common today in the shameless
> westernized society, abortions(murder) of innocent unborn children.(This is
> happening by the thousands by the way, yet no Miss World or Law Society has
> come out with so much as a whimper to protest against this
> slaughter).Precisely to protect the lives of innocent, unborn children, we
> find the Shariah imposing an exemplary punishment that acts as a harsh
> deterrent by stoning to death or 100 lashes.
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> 5)Property - if theft and looting are left unchecked it would lead to
> numerous difficulties for the hardworking members of society. As a result
> the Shariah here again imposes a deterrent punishment of cutting of the
> hand.
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> We should remember that each of these severe punishments are dependent on
> very strict conditions being met. If the Shariah court has the slightest
> doubt in the evidence which itself is quite stringent, then it would not
> implement the Hadd punishment.
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> The conditions for stoning for adultery are either uncoerced confession, or
> 4 eyewitnesses who witness the act as the pen enters the inkpot.(not even
> video footage will be accepted-a lighter sentence will be imposed, but not
> stoning). In the case of Amina Lawaal of Nigeria, the details are very vague
> , but we are given to understand that she confessed on her own. Since there
> are no eyewitnesses, the man cannot be punished unless he also confesses to
> being the adulterer. This happened in the time of Prophet
> Muhammad(s.a.w.).Two people, Maaiz and Ghaamidiyya confessed to adultery
> due to their feelings of shame and seeking penitence from Allah. The Holy
> Prophet (s.a.w.) only accepted their confession on their third approach. The
> first two times he turned them back. Eventually they were stoned to death.
> The Prophet of Allah(s.a.w.) actually commented on the sincere repentance of
> Ghaamidiyyah, that had her tauba(repentance) been distributed for all the
> people of Medina, it would have been sufficient to gain forgiveness for all
> the people of Medina! The Shariah even permits a person to withdraw his
> confession even after the stoning has started! Furthermore, stoning a woman
> who was raped is totally out of the question, rather the guilty male stands
> a strong chance of being executed by the Shariah court.
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> SHARIAH – STRIKING A BRILLIANT BALANCE
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> When keeping these objectives and principles in mind, the Shariah also
> strikes a brilliant balance between the rights of individuals(human rights)
> and the rights of society so that both individuals and the society as a
> whole are amply protected. Unfortunately, the Western society imposes an
> unnatural emphasis on individual human rights without corresponding
> obligations, which has resulted in the rights of society as a whole being
> seriously violated, allowing for a descent into anarchy. The issue of crime
> out of control is one example of extremism. The opposite extremism is when
> the vigilantes take law into their own hands after much frustration. Then
> you sit with jail houses overflowing to the brim with hardened criminals at
> the poor tax-payers expense and with no chances of rehabilitation. They are
> deprived of the family support and rehabilitation, rather they go deeper
> into vice and corruption. The recent exposure of the corruption of wardens
> and prisoners at prisons in Bloemfontein captured on video footage amply
> demonstrates the failure of western penal system.
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> The incidence of Shariah punishments being applied pales into insignificance
> when one compares the high rates of crimes in Western countries and
> resulting convictions with it's burgeoning costs !
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> The moderate and balanced system of the Shariah is criticised by ignorant
> fools who lack the necessary knowledge and depth of understanding and, who
> often are led by their own base and selfish desires. The world has tried all
> the extreme 'isms' (ruthless communism, socialism, corrupt capitalism,
> narrow nazism, genocidal zionism etc) and they are proving to be a dismal
> failure. It is now time for Islam to arrive on the world scene and when it
> does, it will appear in all it's splendour and glory to save the fallen
> humanity by bringing a truly just and natural social order which has the
> divine stamp of approval !! This is the bold and confident promise of none
> other than the Master of the Universe: "He(Allah) it is who has sent His
> messenger(Muhammad) with guidance and the religion(code of law) of truth in
> order that it may dominate over all other religions(isms) even though the
> idolaters may detest it." (Qura'an-Chap.61 Verse: 9)
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