Silly rulings
Nima Rezai
it is my personal opinion that rulings that seek to even determine
irrelevant daily details are silly and should not be/become part of the
religion.
As such I consider the alleged prohibition to eat with the left hand.
I did not find any such ruling in the Quran, and therefore I refuse to
regard something as "haram" that has not been labelled so in the Quran.
This is one of many similar problems that I have with the endless
Ahadith to seem to have a "haram" ruling for almost every aspect of life.
What do other readers think?
Dont you think that a God who has created this incredibly huge and
complicated world really cares with which hand a human being eats?
Is there a verse in the Quran that limits prohibited things to what the
Quran clearly specifies.
Best regards
Nima
DKleinecke
> Is there a verse in the Quran that limits prohibited things to what the
> Quran clearly specifies.
There is a perverse streak in Islam that leads many Muslims who think
they possess a little authority to issue fatwas prohibiting this, that
and the other thing.
I was recently amused by a rant condemning shaving a man's head
(other, of course, than as expected in the hajj) as forbidden.
The rational was one hadith (the rant didn't mention where it could be
found but I have located it in Sahih Muslim) that shaved heads were
characteristic of the Khawarij. I forgot to notice whether the hadith
actually uses the word "Khwarij" but it is clear who is meant.
If the prohibition against eating the left hand is in Muslim or al-
Bukhari I haven't noticed it. But if it were - so what?
Nobody can offer a rational for accepting ALL hadiths. The commonest
compromise seems to be to accept all the hadiths in Muslim or al-
Bukhari. If you allow any of the other collections you get strange
results.
But without the hadiths there seems to be very little left of Islam.
This is not going to be worked out in a day or a year - maybe over the
next few centuries.
Fariduddien
On Oct 10, 7:13=A0pm, Nima Rezai <rezai_n...@yahoo.de> wrote:
> it is my personal opinion that rulings that seek to even determine
> irrelevant daily details are silly and should not be/become part of the
> religion.
> As such I consider the alleged prohibition to eat with the left hand.
> I did not find any such ruling in the Quran, and therefore I refuse to
> regard something as "haram" that has not been labelled so in the Quran.
>
> This is one of many similar problems that I have with the endless
> Ahadith to seem to have a "haram" ruling for almost every aspect of life.
>
> What do other readers think?
In Islamic shari`ah there are actually multiple degrees of actions -
not just two categories of "permitted" and "prohibited".
For example, the categories are...
* Wajib/Fard - something which is obligatory
* Mandub/Sunnah - something which is recommended
* Mubah - something which is permissable
* Makruh - something which is disliked
* Haram - something which is prohibited
I have read that it is not "haram" to eat with the left hand, but that
it is "makruh". That means that it is not "prohibited" to eat with the
left hand, but that it is "disliked" to do so.
There is actually a sensible reason for it, which is that,
traditionally, people ate directly with their hands (not with
utensils), and this practice is still common in various parts of the
world. (This is also true to a degree in the "West" - for example,
people usually eat hamburgers and sandwiches with their hands.) Also,
the left hand is traditionally used to clean oneself after using the
bathroom. Therefore, there is a "logical" reason why it is preferred
to eat with the right hand - it would be more hygienic, and therefore
better for a person's health.
I hope that helps!
Wassalam,
Fariduddien
(Speaking for myself)
BTNews
"DKleinecke" <dklei...@gmail.com> wrote
>> Is there a verse in the Quran that limits prohibited things to what the
Quran clearly specifies.
There is a perverse streak in Islam that leads many Muslims who think
they possess a little authority to issue fatwas prohibiting this, that
and the other thing.
I was recently amused by a rant condemning shaving a man's head
(other, of course, than as expected in the hajj) as forbidden.
Comment:-
"O you who believe! Forbid not the good things which Allah has made lawful
for you, nor transgress (or commit excess); verily, Allah loves not the
transgressors. " 5:87
"And say not of what your own tongues pronounce, the lie "This is lawful,
and this is unlawful," inventing against Allah a lie; verily, those who
invent against Allah a lie shall not prosper." 16:116
Hamid S. Aziz