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Quran 5:33 (the muharaba verse)

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Cited in 3 segments across 2 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · quran/quran:5:33

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19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Was there ever a verse of stoning in the Quran, and does stoning still apply? The guest says Umar's 'verse of rajm' refers to the muharaba verse 5:33, from which exemplary punishment including stoning derives, and that it still applies to extreme crimes under strict conditions. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the Prophet only condoned stoning from Jewish practice until the lashing verse, and that under Maliki scholars like al-Burzuli the hudud change with the age. Question from live chatguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)rajm (stoning)Hamiduddin FarahiQuran 5:33 (the muharaba verse) machine5 min 14 s1:31:11on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Did the variant readings of the Quran come from missing dots and vowel marks? Partly: the guest says the lack of diacritics let words like ya'lamun and ta'lamun be read either way where both were ascribed to the Prophet, one of several causes he lists. Mufti Abu Layth clarifies that nobody is claiming a verse of rajm exists in the Quran. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)qira'at (the variant readings)rajm (stoning)Quran 5:33 (the muharaba verse) machine1 min 19 s1:41:28on YouTube
10 May 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Were apostates punished for disbelief or for fighting against Muslims? The classical punishment targeted apostates who took up arms against the community, not disbelief itself: Umar preferred to restrain and persuade, al-Tahawi tied it to waging war, and the Hanafis exempted women because they were not combatants. Lessonposition checkedUmar ibn al-Khattabreport: umar said i would have restrained him and tried to bring him back (unresolved)al-ShawkaniNayl al-Awtar machine7 min 46 s15:42on YouTube