M. Sarmad
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First of all I never advocated sharia for Pakistan. Second I never brought up hadith I just mentioned that rampage was getting the wrong message from the hadith he brought up and lastly I know enough about the Quran to know that what you are quoting is about a specific thing and not all encompassing like you are wishfully trying to make it out to be. The rest that you have posted is irrelevant. However while I do agree Pakistan needs to keep religion out of government I did bring up that the current constitution was deemed in line with sharia when it was originally written and instead laws need to be implemented properly or ammended accordingly.
The Holy Quran itself testifies to its "all encompassing" knowledge and guidance in the following verse:
"And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims." [16:89]
The Shariah proponents have not been able to bring their proof from Holy Quran (that there is compulsion in religion) ... Whereas there are a lot of Quranic verses (some of which have been quoted in previous posts) which tell us clearly that there is no compulsion in religion and no one (including the prophet) has any right to force someone in religious matters . Quran does not order any worldly punishment for religious "offenses" (only the acts that are harmful to the community or the state are punishable by a state , as per Quran) and tells us that the people who do not follow religion are accountable to Allah only and it is for him (alone) to decide their fate , on the day of judgement .
The Shariah proponents have to rely on "other" sources to justify their claims .. But if one reads Quran , it becomes absolutely clear that deriving laws from "sources" other than Quran is strictly forbidden by Allah .. And when these sources (Hadith/history etc.) are scrutinized , One finds out that they are nothing but "conjecture" ,All Such "books were compiled on the orders of Kings , centuries after the revelation of Quran , to make lawful what had been made unlawful by the almighty ..
And Iqbal (Mufakkir e Pakistan) held similar views . We are talking about "implementing Shariah in Pakistan" .. So the views of "thinker of Pakistan" are not "irrelevant" . Quran is the only text whose authority is undisputed among all sects of Muslims . So any "Shariah" derived from sources other than Quran can only be a Sunni Shariah , Deoband Shariah , Wahhabi Shariah , Shiite Shariah etc. etc. but not an "Islamic Shariah" .. The Shariah derived from Quran is compatible with the modern world ... All other "Shariahs" are outdated , medieval codes of law which can not be implemented in the 21st century ..
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