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[quote]>>The examples you quoted of homosexuality, nail clipping, circumcision, tatoos, all these things are told to us by the prophet (s.a.w.). Here you are not using your own intellect to define what is natural and what is not.

I think, given the vast expanse of time, people know what it deemed natural and what is not. It is only logical to clip nails, maintain hygiene, marry women etc. This is the way of nature, the way mankind has done things. The Prophet merely reinforces this nature. Thus, such commandments are not in the Koran, because the Koran simply alludes to nature.

>>and the Quran has stated all sea-hunt is allowed.

No it does not. It says, you can have game of the sea during pilgrimage, it does not tell you 'what in the sea'.

The rule of not eating sharks is extended from the rule of not eating lions etc. It is a natural prohibition.

>>If there were any restrictions to it, we would have been told of them, like we have been told so about land animals (swine, blood, carrion, name of Allah). And we would have something from sunnah (like rules on donkey, horse, lizard, etc).

There are no restrictions on eating Dabb and horses, it is just the Prophet never liked eating them.

>>When Allah is gracious to us, Allah is silent on an issue. So benefit from His graciousness, rather than imposing restrictions and denying your-self His bounties.

It is not about denying his graciousness, it is about the fact that he gave us a brain to use to come to the right decision. God does not give you the whole list of dos and donts. Somethings are left for you to decide.

Why do you think that the Ulema and the four schools of jurisprudence disagreed on shrimps/lobsters etc. being Makrooh or whatever OR crocodiles and big fish being halaal?

Simply because, some matters are left to man. This ties up with our discussion on permission, i.e., where the Shariah is silent, then we have to decide on the basis of our intellect.

Edited by: junaidj on Monday, January 17, 2005 7:10 AM[/quote]

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