Comments on: Where Sharia Law Becomes Un-Islamic http://xrdarabia.org/2008/01/31/where-sharia-law-becomes-un-islamic/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2008/01/31/where-sharia-law-becomes-un-islamic/comment-page-1/#comment-11028 Sparky Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:51:51 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2008/01/31/where-sharia-law-becomes-un-islamic/#comment-11028 "..even in that case, the Messenger did not define any punishment to be applied to those who put themselves in such a situation. It was the ulema, through their own ijtihad – their personal reflection – over the centuries, who studied the ‘offence’ in its various aspects, defined its nature and decided on the applicable sanctions (under the ta’azir approach, in which the judge has latitude to decide on the applicable sanction)." May I add these people from the ulema are holier than the Prophet Mohammad and surely near Godliness on all accounts. “..even in that case, the Messenger did not define any punishment to be applied to those who put themselves in such a situation. It was the ulema, through their own ijtihad – their personal reflection – over the centuries, who studied the ‘offence’ in its various aspects, defined its nature and decided on the applicable sanctions (under the ta’azir approach, in which the judge has latitude to decide on the applicable sanction).”

May I add these people from the ulema are holier than the Prophet Mohammad and surely near Godliness on all accounts.

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