Min Ahkam Surat al-Maida
- Author died
- 1440 AH
- Editions
- Safir Press
Min Ahkam Surat al-Maida (From the Rulings of Surah al-Ma'ida) is a legal-exegetical treatise written by Saeed bin Ali bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE) that examines the jurisprudence and interpretations derived from the first five verses of Surah al-Ma'ida.
Composition and Date
The work was written as a concise treatise dedicated to explaining the rulings embedded in the opening five verses of Surah al-Ma'ida. The author concluded the manuscript's composition in 1404 AH (1983–1984 CE).
Structure and Content
The book is organized into six chapters, with each chapter divided into two sections:
- Chapter One (Introductory Matters): The first section discusses the occasion of revelation of Surah al-Ma'ida along with its general objectives and themes. The second section addresses the occasions of revelation specific to the first five verses, the significance of their descent, and issues concerning what is abrogated and non-abrogated within them.
- Chapter Two (Exegesis of Verse 1): The first section defines contracts (al-uqud), covenants (al-uhud), and grazing livestock (bahimat al-an'am). The second section details what Allah made lawful regarding livestock, the context of this permission, the categories exempted from it, and general rules governing prohibited beasts and birds.
- Chapter Three (Exegesis of Verse 2): The first section defines sacred symbols (al-sha'a'ir), the occasion of the verse's revelation, and scholars' opinions regarding abrogation in it. The second section covers the permissibility of hunting after completing ihram and the obligation of cooperating in righteousness and piety.
- Chapter Four (Exegesis of Verse 3): The first section addresses prohibited forms of livestock, the invalidation of pre-Islamic customs regarding forbidden meats, and the definition and prerequisites of lawful slaughter (al-dhakah al-shar'iyyah). The second section deals with the prohibition of what is slaughtered for other than Allah, divination by arrows (al-istiqsam bi-l-azlam), the perfection of religion and completion of divine favor, exemptions granted out of extreme necessity (al-idtirar), and the underlying wisdom of these rulings.
- Chapter Five (Exegesis of Verse 4): The first section outlines conditions for hunting with trained predatory animals and raptors. The second section examines jurisprudential disagreements concerning the lawfulness of game captured by certain predators and whether a trained animal refraining from eating the prey is a mandatory condition for its permissibility.
- Chapter Six (Exegesis of Verse 5): The first section clarifies the rules governing the food and slaughter of the People of the Book and the conditions under which marrying their chaste women is permissible. The second section addresses the legal ruling on apostasy (al-riddah) and the ruling concerning one who rules by other than what Allah has revealed.
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