The Baha'i Studies Listserv No. The verse in question is: [Yusufali 9:28] O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear poverty, soon will Allah enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
And what I'm saying is that in the Hanafi view (note that the Hanafis are the most populous interpretation of Sunni Islam... the Ottomans and the Mughals were Hanafi), in the above verse, Pagans are being described as unclean in a spiritual sense. NOT in a physical sense and not in a sense that relates to laws about najas (ritual impurity) and should not be used to justify a social system where non-Muslims have cooties. Hi, Saudi Arabia is Hanbali, actually the only palce in the world where that specific jurisprudence exists. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Madhhab_Map2.png That's a map from wikipedia. Sunni jurisprudences: According to the map Maliki jurisprudence covers the most territory. Shafi jurisprudence covers Indonesia which is the most populous Muslim county and some other areas. Hanafi jursiprudence does cover most of the Middle East. Hanbali jurisprudence covers Saudi Arabia, just Saudi Arabia. Shia jurisprudences: Jafari jurisprudence covers Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan. Zaidi juriprudence covers Yemen. Other juriprudences: Ibadi jurisprudence covers Oman. So, if you want to go to Saudi Arabia, knowledge of Hanbali jursiprudence is an absolute prerequisite. Stephen __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-510732-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
