Question
Amina Wadud has called for a reformation and reinterpretation of the Deen. What is the Shar'i hukm for making such a call? Is it not kufr? In the same way some MPL Project Committee members have also made such calls. Some members of the public accept that by means of the Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB), the Deen will be contaminated. However, despite their acknowledgment of this contamination, they still want MMB to be legislated. Is this not tantamount to kufr or irtidaad?
Answer
It is not 'tantamount' to kufr and irtidaad. It is clear-cut kufr and irtidaad. Many years ago we had written in detail in The Majlis on the kufr of Amina Wadud. Without the slightest vestige of doubt the call for reinterpretation and reformation of the Deen is kufr – kufr which expels the proponent from the fold of Islam. Such a person is a confirmed murtadd.
Those who accept that the Deen will be contaminated by MMB, but despite this fact, promote or condone the MMB or want it to be legislated, lose their Imaan. They are guilty of kufr. They become murtadd. In fact, one becomes murtadd with even Istikhfaaf (the belief of insignificance) of the Miswak or of even kadoo (marrow). What then will be the fatwa when the issue pertains to reinterpretation/ contamination of the Deen?
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 20 No 08
- PDF page
- 4
Appears under THE KUFR OF REINTERPRETATION (approximate).