Taḥdhīr al-Sājid - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (70)

for My remembrance.’(1) That statement was addressed to Moses—peace be upon him—and is cited here by way of legal proof. Abū Yūsuf, for example, relied on the verse, ‘And We prescribed for them therein…,’ to argue that qiṣāṣ (retaliatory justice) applies equally between a male and a female, while al-Karkhī used the same verse, revealed concerning the Children of Israel, to extend the ruling to cases between a free man and a slave, and between a Muslim and a dhimmī.(2) Numerous other instances could be mentioned. Our position regarding the law of former communities is that, although it obliges us as though it were our own law, this is not unconditional; it binds us only when Allah Most High recounts it to us without any expression of disapproval, for the Prophet’s ﷺ disapproval carries the same weight as divine disapproval.(3) And you have already heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed those who

(1) Surah Ta Ha, verse 14. (2) I maintain that applying qisas (retaliatory execution) between a Muslim and a dhimmi (non-Muslim under Muslim protection) is impermissible, because the Prophet said: “A Muslim is not put to death for a disbeliever.” Reported by al-Bukhari and others (see al-Ahadith al-Daifa, 1/671). Therefore, citing the verse just mentioned as proof in this matter is as irrelevant as citing the verse from Surah al-Kahf in the present discussion! (3) The Prophet also said: “…for whatever the Messenger of Allah forbids is equivalent to what Allah forbids.” This hadith is authentic, however displeasing that may be to the author of “al-Adwa.” See Mishkat al-Masabih, my annotated edition, no. 163.

لِذِكْرِي (١) ، وهو مقول لموسى عليه السلام ، وسياقه الاستدلال ، واحتج أبو يوسف على جري القود بين الذكر والأنثى بآية وكتبنا عليهم ﴾ ، والكرخي على جريه بين الحر والعبد والمسلم والذمي (٢) بتلك الآية الواردة في بني إسرائيل إلى غير ذلك لأنا نقول مذهبنا في شرع من قبلنا وإن كان أنه يلزمنا على أنه شريعتنا ، لكن لا مطلقا ، بل إن قص الله تعالى علينا بلا إنكار ، وإنكار رسوله ﷺ كإنكاره عز وجل (٣) . وقد سمعت أنه عليه الصلاة والسلام لعن الذين يتخذون

(١) سورة طه ، الآية ١٤ . (٢) قلت : إجراء القود بين المسلم والذمي ليس جائزاً ، لقوله ﷺ : "لا يقتل مسلم بكافر" . رواه البخاري وغيره (انظر الأحاديث الضعيفة ١ / ٦٧١) . فالاحتجاج بالآية المشار إليها في المسألة كالاحتجاج بآية الكهف فيما نحن فيه ! (٣) لقوله ﷺ : "... فإن ما حرم رسول الله مثل ما حرم الله"، وهو حديث صحيح ، وإن رغم أنف صاحب "الأضواء" ! انظر "المشكاة" بتخريجي (١٦٣) .