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Ambiguity in Qur'anic Injunctions: Open Invitation to Interpret?; Role of the Prophet's Sunnah

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Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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- The Qur’ān is the holy scripture of the Muslims. However, it is not a book of jurisprudence and laws or theology and ‘aqā’id, nor a book of history or morality.
- Since the Qur’ān is not a textbook of jurisprudence, fiqh, many of its practical injunctions are of general nature. For example, look at the ritual prayer, ṣalāt
- Even though it is a constant ritual of Islam, you will see that Allah gives the command to do the salãt more than 30 times but doesn’t give us the details on the method of the salat
- Was it that Allah could not go into details of the method of salat? No, He could have done it as He has interestingly had done for ṣalãtu ’l-khawf. Allah has given the details of the ṣalãtu ’l-khawf whereas it is a ṣalãt which will be said very rarely by the Muslims.
- One idea being propagated these days is that the ambiguity in the Qur’ānic laws gives room for the Muslims to decide on their own how to implement those laws and rituals. They say that Allah wants diversity among the Muslims = some praying with hands down and others with hands folded; some washing their arms from elbow to the fingertips and the others doing the opposite. However, Allah does not want Muslims to be divided, He wants them to be united
- So why are the rituals not given in details in the Qur’ān itself? Because Allāh is asking us to go to the Prophet and seek his guidance. It is as if Allah is saying: take the command of ṣalāt from Me but learn the method of salãt from My Messenger.
- So, if we see that the laws are only mentioned in general and not in details, it is not because Allah wanted plurality and diversity of opinions in how things are to be done. It shows the role of the Prophet in following the Qur’ānic injunctions.
- The sum total of Islam is not just the Qur'an, it is the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet
- What was the role of the Prophet in bringing the Qur’ān to the mankind? 
- Was his role like a postman or a messenger who brings your letter or parcel but doesn’t know the sender or the receiver; nor does he know the content of the letter or the parcel?
- No, the Qur’ān and the Prophet cannot be separated from one another. His words and actions are extension of the Qur’ān. 
- Discussing various āyāt on the role of the Prophet proving this point
- After the Prophet passed away, are Muslims then free to handle the Qur’ān as they want? No, the Prophet has clearly stated in a mutawātir ḥadīth that “I am leaving two precious things among you: the Book of Allāh and my family; and they both will never ever separate from one another until they reach me to the Fountain [on the Day of Judgement]. As long as you hold on to both of them, you will never go astray.”
- Any attempt to ignore the guidance of the Ahlul Bayt about the Qur’ānic verses is undoubtedly error in the big way. In other words, ignoring the guidance of the Ahlul Bayt in the name of giving preference to the Qur’ān is an obstacle in the path towards God.
- Let us look at the example of Wudhu. Has Allāh really opened the door to variety of interpretations, i.e. from a Sunni to a Shi‘a? No, not at all, rather the ambiguity in the Qur’ān is to force the Muslims to go to the Prophet.
- And the Ahlul Bayt are the most secure path for us to the sunnah of the Prophet.
- The 5th Imam, the 6th Imam and the 8th Imam – all have clearly stated that wash the fore-arms from the elbows to the fingertips, and not the other way. 
- So the Imams of Ahlul Bayt have been clear and consistent that the right way of the Prophet’s sunnah is to wash the arm from the elbow to the fingertips, and that is the unanimous opinion of the Shi‘a mujtahideen till now
- Yet, we are told these days that it doesn’t matter, both interpretations of the Shi‘as and the Sunnis are valid! 
- This is the result of knowingly ignoring the sunnah of the Prophet and the sīrah of the Ahlul Bayt – and this will gradually erode the Shī‘a path.
- The Qur’ān and Ahlul Bayt cannot separate from one another. A symbolic unity between of the Qur’ān and the Itrat is seen in the person of Husayn bin ‘Ali – the Yazidi were able to separate the head of Husayn from his body, but they weren’t able to separate Husayn from the Qur’ān - his head recited verses of the Qur’ān in more numerous places from Karbala to Sham.

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20th of Imam Hussain (a.s.) 1440
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: October 9th, 2018

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