To understand Islam we have to understand principals of Sunnah and Ilmulnazool properly. Unfortunately our religion has become hostage to intolerant, illogical mullahs who have turned Islam in to Mullahism. ISLAM IS THE MOST LOGICAL RELIGION WITH MOST ILLOGICAL FOLLOWERS….
What is Ilmul nazool:
It is the context and circumstances under which the Koranic revelations took place. In order to understand a particular Surah or Ayah it is necessary to understand particular circumstances, and logic behind that particular revelation. Here our typical mullahs give simplistic explanations by abrogating the previous one with the latest one. I’ll try to prove with the principals of sunnah that this simplistic rule is not valid. Last but not least we have to see Ilmunazool in the light of principals of sunnah. After all the best way to understand Koran is to see the example of Holy prophet.
Principals of Sunnah:
Our Holy Prophet acted differently under different circumstances. However in order to understand his action we must define certain principals which he never deviated from in his life. Let’s define those principals of sunnah.
- Actions taken for the betterment of Islam.
- Actions taken to make his followers better human beings.
- Actions taken in light of logic and common sense.
In light of above three principals if we study Quran it will make understanding much easier.
For example is growing beard sunnah? Not at all, because it was just fashion of the day and did not by any standard contributed to betterment of Islam, or uplifting of humanity. Even to think growing beard uplifts Islam is against common sense. On the contrary some religious beards (not all) develop certain religious arrogance and are against rule number two. In fact these beards are against sunnah. Similarly riding a camel, adopting certain way of dressing is not sunnah.
On the contrary is abolishing slavery sunnah? Yes it is, as it conforms to all the three principals of sunnah. Although it was not practiced by Holy Prophet during his life time due to circumstances prevailing at that time, but as it conforms with the principals of sunnah it is perfectly sunnah.
Now let’s try to understand the message of Allah in the light of principals of Sunnah.
Prophetic life can be divided in to three distinct phases. In the first phase In Mecca fighting was prohibited. It was necessary to show the real and humane message of Islam. If you study the revelations of that time and see them in the light of principals of sunnah, these revelations conformed with all the three principals of sunnah. There was no need for fighting as muslims were not rulers of Mecca and whole of their concentration was on propagating the message of Islam.
The second phase of prophetic life started when Medina came under the rule of Holy Prophet. Fighting was permitted at that time against injustice and oppression. It was necessary to maintain the law and order. If you study the revelations of the time you perfectly understand them in the light of sunnah.
The third phase of prophetic life started when in Medina fighting was made obligatory. This phase was started for certain specific reasons. As the prophet had a mission to establish Islam as a major religion during his life time, in order to give an alternative religion to humankind for times to come. Also if you understand the political religious situation of the seventh century, religion used to be imposed by the rulers on people. Therefore through a divine decree prophet was asked to act aggressively and establish Islam as a major religion. If you study the revelations and actions of the prophet in light of principals of sunnah you will understand perfectly. Surah Tawbah and Al Ahzaab represent this period.
Are we required to forget the rest of Quran and follow Surah Tawbah and Alahzaab, and go on a shooting spree, killing and slaying non muslims today. The answer lies in principals of Sunnah. The need of the hour is to understand the message of these surahs in the light of logic as these surahs were revealed to prepare muslims to achieve this specific mission. In modern era of media and news, if we slay people and show the video on internet, will it be for betterment of Islam. Is religion to be forced on people today where most of the governments give you freedom to follow any religion, should we act illogically when sunnah teaches us to be logical. Why in the first phase of prophetic life our Holy Prophet did not use force to establish Islam. He was following the 3rd rule of Sunnah.
Can Islam today spread with Klashinkov shariat. How many people will be attracted to the folds of Islam by showing this kind of face to the world??? When our Holy Prophet changed his strategy according to whatever was best for Islam, why we have denounced the use of logic and take the message of Islam without considering the principals of Sunnah….
