Examples Of The Application Of Shar’u Min Qablinaa
The Shar’u Min Qablinaa from the Yahood, Nasaaraa (Christians) and the Deen of Ibraheem had been twisted and distorted in the Tawrah and the Injeel. The Tawrah and Injeel that are present today are not the same that were revealed to Mousaa and ‘Eisaa, peace be upon them both, but rather they have been afflicted by change and distortion which have taken them both far away from the Tawrah and Injeel which were revealed to the two Messengers Mousaa (as) and ‘Eisaa (as).
Allah (swt) has mentioned some of the Ahkaam that the Messengers prior to Muhammad (saw) had come with in the Qur’aan Al-Kareem. The following is a selection of these:
1 – Allah Ta’Aalaa said in relation to Suleiman (as):
And he took attendance of the birds and said, "Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent? I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization." (An-Naml 20-21).
This is whilst there is no difference of opinion amongst the Muslims in respect to dropping punishment for the bird and even if it did something seen to be wrong. Indeed, the punishment of all animals has fallen as a Nass (text) has come explaining that. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
The injuries/harms of the beasts are free of blame/innocent
(i.e. they are free from blame and there is no guarantee/liability for anything they ruin or damage etc…).
2 – And from the Sharee’ah of Zakariyaa (as) is the Qawl of Allah Ta’Aalaa:
(Zakariyaa) said: "My Lord! Appoint for me a sign." He said: "Your sign is that you shall not speak unto mankind for three nights, though having no bodily defect (Maryam 10).
This was a command to Zakariyaa (as) to not speak to the people for three consecutive nights which was a form of Sawm (fasting) from using speech. This is whilst in Islaam the fasting is from food, drink and intimate relations and there is no Sawm in Islaam from speech.
3 – From the Sharee’ah of Mousaa (as) there is the Qawl of Allah (swt):
And unto those who are Jews, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them the fat of the cow and the sheep except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed up with a bone (Al-An’aam 146).
That is whilst in the Sharee’ah of Islaam, all of that has been made Halaal for the Muslims due to His Qawl ‘Azza Wa Jalla:
And your food is lawful to them (Al-Maa’idah 5).
These fats (Shuhoom) from our food are lawful for them and as such the Ahkaam of their Sharee’ah had been abrogated.
4 – And from the Sharee’ah of Yousuf (as) is the Qawl of Allah Ta’Aalaa:
They [Yusuf's (Joseph) brothers] said: "The penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found, should be held for the punishment (of the crime). Thus we punish the Zhaalimoon (wrong-doers, etc.)!" (Yousuf 75).
This means taking the thief into custody as a punishment for the theft and this is whilst Islaam has made cutting the hand the punishment for the thief.
5 – And from the Sharee’ah of Ya’qoub (as) is His Qawl (swt):
All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel made unlawful for himself (Aali ‘Imraan 93).
This is whilst in Islaam it is not for the Messenger to make Haraam upon himself that which Allah did not make Haraam. Allah (swt) says
O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allah has made lawful to you (At-Tahreem 1).