"sunny--------Bismilahirrahmanirahiim Fatwa2 yang tidak berdasarkan kpd wahyu2 ALLAH adalah fatwa2 sesat kalau di bawakan atas nama Islam.
Dalam al quran tidak ada larangan; ----bernyanyi, sesunguhnya bernyanyi itu adalah bermanfaat sekali ----menyopir , sesungguhnya menyopir itu adalah bermanfaat.. ----wanita2 keluar rumah,sesungguhnya adalah hak wanita dan bermanfaat masih banyak lagi fatwa2 yg telah dikeluarkan oleh wahabi-Salafy yang diluar al Quran...perlu kembali di koreksi dlm era keterbukaan ini. salam --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=371540&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 > > > > Religious edicts spark heated debate in Saudi > Publish Date: Wednesday,30 June, 2010, at 11:30 PM Doha Time > > > AFP/Riyadh > > > The head of Makkah's religious police, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, shocked many by > endorsing mixing by men and women > One cleric's endorsement of breastfeeding for grown men and another's saying > music is not un-Islamic have sparked a controversy in Saudi Arabia over who > can issue fatwas, or Islamic religious edicts. > > Conservative and progressive religious scholars, judges and clerics have > taken the fight public in what some describe as outright "chaos" over the > setting of rules that govern much of life in the kingdom. > > Much of the debate in the past week has focused on a fatwa endorsing music > issued by Adel al-Kalbani, a Riyadh cleric famed as the first black imam at > the Grand Mosque in Makkah. > > Kalbani, popular for his soulful baritone delivery of Qur'anic readings, said > he found nothing in Islamic scripture that makes music haram, or forbidden. > > But, aside from some folk music, public music performance is banned in Saudi > Arabia, and conservatives say it is haram even in the home. "There is no > clear text or ruling in Islam that singing and music are haram," Kalbani > said. Also in recent weeks, a much more senior cleric, Sheikh Abdul Mohsen > al-Obeikan, raised hackles with two of his opinions, both of which could be > considered fatwas. > First, he endorsed the idea that a grown man could be considered as a son of > a woman if she breastfeeds him. > > The issue, based on an ancient story from Islamic texts and source of a > furore last year in Egypt, is seen by some as a way of getting around the > Saudi religious ban on mixing by unrelated men and women. It brought ridicule > and condemnation from women activists and Saudi critics around the world. > But Obeikan, a top adviser in the court of King Abdullah, also angered > conservatives when he said the midday and mid-afternoon prayer sessions could > be combined to help worshippers skirt the intense heat of summer. > > While the choice is allowed for individuals in certain circumstances, > conservatives say such a broad ruling for everyone is wrong. > > The comments by Obeikan and Kalbani brought rebukes from top-level clerics > seeking to get control of a debate that has erupted into freewheeling public > discussions in the media and on the Internet. > In his Friday sermon at Makkah's Grand Mosque, the influential Sheikh Abdul > Rahman al-Sudais lashed out at what he labelled "fraudulent" fatwas, likening > their originators to market vendors selling fake or spoiled goods. > > The effect, he said, goes so far as to undermine the country's security. > Meanwhile, the country's grand mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, warned of a > crackdown. > "Those who offer abnormal fatwas which have no support from the Qur'an should > be halted," he said on Al Majd television on Sunday. "If a person comes out > (with fatwas) and he is not qualified, we will stop him," he said, comparing > such a person to a quack doctor allowed to treat patients. > The government is moving to build a consistency in the Shariah law-based > legal system, where judges are all clerics for whom fatwas play a crucial > role. > > The government wants only one body, controlled by the powerful Council of > High Ulema, to issue fatwas, which other clerics must accept. Some people > want fatwas more attuned to modern life. > "The people are governed by old ideas," historian and columnist Mohamed > al-Zulfa said. > "People are forming a new mentality. (Many) have been waiting for such fatwas > for a long time," he said about Kalbani. "We are part of the world. We have > to develop the legal system to meet the needs of the modern time," he added. > > Earlier this year there was an embarrassing fight over the head of Makkah's > religious police, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, who shocked many by endorsing mixing by > men and women. He was fired, and then reinstated, in a behind-the-scenes > skirmish. > > Hamad al-Qadi, a member of the Saudi Shura Council, called the fatwa fight > this week "chaos". "The Islamic world follows whatever comes out of our > country and its scholars concerning Islam," he said, according to Al Hayat > newspaper. For his part, Kalbani said he was open to discussion on the > issue. "The problem is that there are some who do not accept debate at all," > he said. > > > He clarified that he was not endorsing all music, using two often risque > Lebanese pop singers as examples. "I am talking about decent singing, which > contains decent words, and supports morality," he told the online newspaper > Sabq.org. "I am definitely not talking about the songs of Nancy Ajram or > Haifa Wehbe or other indecent songs." alamHowever, "if Nancy Ajram sang a > song with a positive message, then she would be within my fatwa." > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >