Playing God

"All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 52 Disbeliever.” 34 It is evident from another narrative attributed to ‘Al ī (rta) that here the word “Disbeliever” signifies an Idolater: >† fB e+ /? W10! No Musli m will b e killed in qis ā s of an Idolater. 35 It essential to relate this Had ī th to its basis in the Qur’ ā n since a Had ī th can no t give an independent directive. Thus in accordance w ith the divine practice mentioned in the Qur’ ā n as discussed in this treatise, after Muhammad’s migration to Mad ī nah, the Idolaters had lost their right to live after having intentionally denied the truth. As a result, this Had ī th and other Ah ā d ī th of similar meaning are solely related to the Idolaters of the Prophet’s times. 36 This directive has no bearing on the non- Muslims of today. Consequently, today if a Muslim is guilty of murdering a non-Muslim, he shall certainly be sent to the gallows if he is not forgiven by the family of the slain. vi. Greeting Non-Muslims in an Inferior Way 34. Ab ū D ā ’ ū d Sulym ā n ibn al-Ash‘ath, Sunan , vol. 4 (n.p.: D ā r al-fikr, n.d.) 173, (no. 4506). 35. Ab ū Muhammad ‘Abdull ā h ibn ‘Abd al-Rahm ā n al- D ā rim ī , Sunan , 1 st ed, vol. 2 (Beirut: D ā r al-kit ā b al-‘arab ī , 1407 AH), 249, (no. 2356). 36. Since the word mushrik is used in this Had ī th, the directive it mentions does not even pertain to the People of the Book of the Prophet’s times. www.javedahmadghamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org