Therefore...
Therefore, about the differences between husband and wife He says: وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا. “And if you fear a breach between the two, then appoint judge from his people and a judge from her people.
(4/35)” Then, are the differences in the Ummah less important than the differences between individuals?” They said, “You must have made the Qur’an the Arbitrator instead of nominating men to resolve the issue!” The Imam said: “We did make the Qur’an the arbiter and not the men.
But since the Qur’an is between the two of its bindings, and cannot speak, men have to interpret it.”[1] When the Khawarij could not reply this, they said, “Because of `Amr ibn al-`As objecting, you had struck off the word “Amir al-Mu’minin” from the document. This meant that you have demitted the position of…
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