Mirch
July 20, 2008, 9:44pm
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Br. Mirch, if you do some research you will learn that Rajam is one of those punishments, which was revealed to the Prophet SAW, but it is one of those verses which was abrogated in text but not in its ruling. I do not know how familiar you are with Naskh and Mansukh but it would better to read up on it if you are not. There is a hadith of Umar RA, which talks about Rajam. Though I have some objections about the different categories of Naskh and Mansukh, you will have to understand the Arabic for this one. In the Quran the word used is Zaani, which is translated into fornicator or adulterer depending on which translations you read. Generally, in arabic when the Zaani is a married person, the word used is Zaani wul Muhsin and not Zaani by itself.
Me personally, still do not agree that adultery is to be punished by Rajam, I still lean towards flogging as it is clear in the Quran and the account given through hadith is questionable (atleast IMHO) because it raises many other issues about Hadith abrogating the Quran. I will try to find the thread where we debated this at length and post it.
I fully understand the concept of Naskh and Mansukh. As long as you also have objections on Punishment of Rajam , we do not have anything to debate about.