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the spirit of the law may require departing from its letter

Cited in 1 segment across 1 recording · 2020 · principle/principle:spirit-of-the-law-over-letter

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22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Can hudud punishments such as stoning or hand-cutting change with the times? Mufti Abu Layth holds that stoning was a pre-Quranic practice abrogated by the Quran and that the Sharia's punishments reflect their age, as Maliki scholars and the Ottomans applied. The guest agrees that the spirit of the law can require departing from its letter, as Umar did when he suspended hand-cutting in a famine. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)Sahih Muslimreport: some jews came to the prophet and asked to be judged by the booknaskh (abrogation) machine6 min 33 s18:08on YouTube