//wal atheena la yada3oona ma3a Allahi ilaaha akhara wa la yaqtuloona an-nafsa alati harrama Allahu ila bilhaqi wa la azinoona wa man yaf3al thalika yalqa athama//
Stranger: This week's ayah is not long but very heavy in content. It opens the basis of Tawheed (oneness of Allah) , illegal killing and zina.
Dr: First we will look at the condition in which this ayah was sent. Rasool Allah (peace upon him) was asked what is the gravest sin in Allah's view. Rasool Allah answered, "That you set up partners in worship with Him when He created you."
Then Rasool Allah was asked, "Then what?" and he replied, "That you kill your child in fear that he will eat with you." (Meaning killing a child in fear of poverty).
Then Rasool Allah was asked, "Then what?" and he replied. "That you commit adultery with your neighbours wife." (Hadith recorded in Bukhari, Muslim and an-Nisa'i)
This exchange occurred and then the ayah was revealed to Rasool Allah that we see now as ayah 68 of surah al-Furqan. The hadith is rather specific where the ayah of from Allah is more general and wide reaching.
Stranger: The tawheed part is obvious, and is the foundation of our creed and the first pillar of Islam - la ilaha ila Allah. All worship is to him, all dua and supplication to Him and not to is Messenger or pious predecessors or things. No lucky charms, lucky rituals and so on.
Dr: yes basically that is it, but to explore the layers of tawheed with justice we would need a second blog just dedicated to the subject.
Stranger: The second point refers to illegal killing - murder in other words. So what is legal killing?
Dr: Legal killing is that which is done within the boundaries and regulations set by Allah. For example if someone committed a crime which invokes a death sentence and the judge finds the individual guilty and sentences him to death, then that is legal - must be sure however that the court is fully adherent to shariah and the judge has properly examined all evidence and legalities and if any doubt remains then the death sentence cannot be passed.
Another legal killing is for example is someone invades your house to do harm to you and your family or steal from your wealth, and you kill that person, in shariah law you are not at fault as this comes under self defence against an aggressor.
The other killing is of animals - we must give animals their rights too in how we slaughter them for meat. There are regulations to ensure the animal does not suffer and that Allah's name is mentioned over the animal at the time of slaughter.
Killing out of anger and passion crimes, or corrupt rulings, fighting for other than the cause of Allah and so on, all of this is illegal killing and we need to stay away from it.
Accidental killing like in a car accident is a different matter and their is legislation for this.
Stranger: The sin of zina - illegal fornication of any type is mentioned here again, we won't repeat it but you can find our previous notes on zina at surat al-Mumineen ayah 5 and surahs 6-7
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