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21-11-2015, 11:20 AM
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Alfian Sa'at
November 19 at 6:39pm · Edited ·
I still get requests for 'evidence' of Muslim authorities rejecting ISIS, so I'd like to just share this very important document, that was penned as early as September last year.
http://www.lettertobaghdadi.com/14/english-v14.pdf
This is a letter carrying the signatures of 126 Islamic muftis, clerics, scholars and jurists. They represent the highest authorities in mainstream Islam. The letter contains a detailed and unequivocal refutation of ISIS' ideology based on scholarly exegesis. It's really quite technical, but this is an executive summary in English:
1. It is forbidden in Islam to issue fatwas without all the necessary learning requirements. Even then fatwas must follow Islamic legal theory as defined in the Classical texts. It is also forbidden to cite a portion of a verse from the Qur’an—or part of a verse—to derive a ruling without looking at everything that the Qur’an and Hadith (ed: reports on the Prophet's sayings and teachings) teach related to that matter. In other words, there are strict subjective and objective prerequisites for fatwas, and one cannot ‘cherry-pick’ Qur’anic verses for legal arguments without considering the entire Qur’an and Hadith.
2. It is forbidden in Islam to issue legal rulings about anything without mastery of the Arabic language.
3. It is forbidden in Islam to oversimplify Shari’ah matters and ignore established Islamic sciences.
4. It is permissible in Islam [for scholars] to differ on any matter, except those fundamentals of religion that all Muslims must know.
5. It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings.
6. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent.
7. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries, ambassadors, and diplomats; hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers.
8. Jihad in Islam is defensive war. It is not permissible without the right cause, the right purpose and without the right rules of conduct.
9. It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslim unless he (or she) openly declares disbelief.
10. It is forbidden in Islam to harm or mistreat—in any way—Christians or any ‘People of the Scripture’.
11. It is obligatory to consider Yazidis as People of the Scripture.
12. The re-introduction of slavery is forbidden in Islam. It was abolished by universal consensus.
13. It is forbidden in Islam to force people to convert.
14. It is forbidden in Islam to deny women their rights.
15. It is forbidden in Islam to deny children their rights.
16. It is forbidden in Islam to enact legal punishments (hudud) without following the correct procedures that ensure justice and mercy.
17. It is forbidden in Islam to torture people.
18. It is forbidden in Islam to disfigure the dead.
19. It is forbidden in Islam to attribute evil acts to God.
20. It is forbidden in Islam to destroy the graves and shrines of Prophets and Companions.
21. Armed insurrection is forbidden in Islam for any reason other than clear disbelief by the ruler and not allowing people to pray.
22. It is forbidden in Islam to declare a caliphate without consensus from all Muslims.
23. Loyalty to one’s nation is permissible in Islam.
24. After the death of the Prophet, Islam does not require anyone to emigrate anywhere.
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Why then are you not hearing more about this letter? Because it is not an easy document to process into neat soundbites, and because in the hierarchy of news values acts of violence and terrorism get more airtime than press statements.
And of course, that question: why, if the signatories are of such authority, do they not seem to have any influence over those who join ISIS? The answer to that is quite simple: which cult ever obeyed the leaders of the religion it sprung from? As a matter of fact every (doomsday/apocalyptic/millennarian) cult begins by rejecting orthodoxy and by gathering its followers around individuals who make their own idiosyncratic interpretations: David Koresh and the branch Davidians, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo, Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, Al-Baghdadi and ISIS...
Again, my sincere request: don't ask us lay believers to take responsibility for these cults and their forbidden acts.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?220407-Alfian-Sa-at-This-letter-represents-mainstream-Islam!&goto=newpost).
Alfian Sa'at
November 19 at 6:39pm · Edited ·
I still get requests for 'evidence' of Muslim authorities rejecting ISIS, so I'd like to just share this very important document, that was penned as early as September last year.
http://www.lettertobaghdadi.com/14/english-v14.pdf
This is a letter carrying the signatures of 126 Islamic muftis, clerics, scholars and jurists. They represent the highest authorities in mainstream Islam. The letter contains a detailed and unequivocal refutation of ISIS' ideology based on scholarly exegesis. It's really quite technical, but this is an executive summary in English:
1. It is forbidden in Islam to issue fatwas without all the necessary learning requirements. Even then fatwas must follow Islamic legal theory as defined in the Classical texts. It is also forbidden to cite a portion of a verse from the Qur’an—or part of a verse—to derive a ruling without looking at everything that the Qur’an and Hadith (ed: reports on the Prophet's sayings and teachings) teach related to that matter. In other words, there are strict subjective and objective prerequisites for fatwas, and one cannot ‘cherry-pick’ Qur’anic verses for legal arguments without considering the entire Qur’an and Hadith.
2. It is forbidden in Islam to issue legal rulings about anything without mastery of the Arabic language.
3. It is forbidden in Islam to oversimplify Shari’ah matters and ignore established Islamic sciences.
4. It is permissible in Islam [for scholars] to differ on any matter, except those fundamentals of religion that all Muslims must know.
5. It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings.
6. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent.
7. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries, ambassadors, and diplomats; hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers.
8. Jihad in Islam is defensive war. It is not permissible without the right cause, the right purpose and without the right rules of conduct.
9. It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslim unless he (or she) openly declares disbelief.
10. It is forbidden in Islam to harm or mistreat—in any way—Christians or any ‘People of the Scripture’.
11. It is obligatory to consider Yazidis as People of the Scripture.
12. The re-introduction of slavery is forbidden in Islam. It was abolished by universal consensus.
13. It is forbidden in Islam to force people to convert.
14. It is forbidden in Islam to deny women their rights.
15. It is forbidden in Islam to deny children their rights.
16. It is forbidden in Islam to enact legal punishments (hudud) without following the correct procedures that ensure justice and mercy.
17. It is forbidden in Islam to torture people.
18. It is forbidden in Islam to disfigure the dead.
19. It is forbidden in Islam to attribute evil acts to God.
20. It is forbidden in Islam to destroy the graves and shrines of Prophets and Companions.
21. Armed insurrection is forbidden in Islam for any reason other than clear disbelief by the ruler and not allowing people to pray.
22. It is forbidden in Islam to declare a caliphate without consensus from all Muslims.
23. Loyalty to one’s nation is permissible in Islam.
24. After the death of the Prophet, Islam does not require anyone to emigrate anywhere.
*******
Why then are you not hearing more about this letter? Because it is not an easy document to process into neat soundbites, and because in the hierarchy of news values acts of violence and terrorism get more airtime than press statements.
And of course, that question: why, if the signatories are of such authority, do they not seem to have any influence over those who join ISIS? The answer to that is quite simple: which cult ever obeyed the leaders of the religion it sprung from? As a matter of fact every (doomsday/apocalyptic/millennarian) cult begins by rejecting orthodoxy and by gathering its followers around individuals who make their own idiosyncratic interpretations: David Koresh and the branch Davidians, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo, Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, Al-Baghdadi and ISIS...
Again, my sincere request: don't ask us lay believers to take responsibility for these cults and their forbidden acts.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?220407-Alfian-Sa-at-This-letter-represents-mainstream-Islam!&goto=newpost).