Sharia
The best source for this topic is described thusly by Wikipedia:If you are ready and willing to shell out between $24, -- $80 for a 1270 page book, you can find it on the web, through various book stores.
'Umdat as-Salik wa 'Uddat an-Nasik (Reliance of the Traveller and Tools of the Worshipper, also commonly known by its shorter title Reliance of the Traveller) is a classical manual of fiqh for the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.
One academic site hosts a huge text file which may or may not be complete and accurate. It takes a long time to load, and you need to use the Windows Search [Ctrl F] to find anything.
Scribid displays a scanned image of the book. Somehow they arranged a means of searching it, which works much faster than I expected. Of course you can't cut and paste from it, but it should be useful for verifying content found in other sources.
Allah.com displays a text file, so you can copy & paste. That will facilitate using quotes in blog posts. Unfortunately, they renamed and rearranged the books, and added a half dozen. Two columns are displayed, on the left, a list of the books and a code for deciphering the original names. Book O is transmuted to Book 9. Links to the entry points are in the right hand column.
O9.8: The Objectives of Jihadturns up as:
The caliph (o-25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians
9.9.8 Objectives of JihadWhy should you give a damn? Because the Muslims want to impose it on you. Here is a bit you might not appreciate.
The caliph (9.25) makes war upon Jews, Christians (Nazarenes), and Zoroastrians
20.4.3 Circumcision is ObligatoryThat is in E4.3 in the original translation. Get Sharia, get cut. How does that comport with your concept of personal privacy?
Circumcision is obligatory for both men and women. For men it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce (bazr) of the clitoris but not the clitoris itself, as some mistakenly assert.
Then there is the matter of divorce. Book N covers that topic in 12 chapters.
N1.1
Divorce is valid from any:
(a) husband;
(b) who is sane;
(c) has reached puberty;
(d) and who voluntarily effects it.
N1.2
A statement of divorce is legally effective when pronounced by a person whose mental faculties are lacking because of something inexcusable such as having become intoxicated or having needlessly taken some mind-altering drug...
@N2.1
A free man has three pronouncements of divorce (O: because of the word of Allah Most High,
N3.2 Using plain words to effect a divorce means expressly pronouncing the word divorce (O: or words
derived from it). When the husband says' "I divorce you,'' or "You are divorced,'' the wife is divorced
whether he has made the intention or not.
Chapter N9.0: A Woman's Postmarital Waiting Period (`Idda)
(O: Meaning the period in which a woman waits (N: before she may remarry) to verify that she is not pregnant, or out of mourning for her deceased husband.)
(N: If the waiting period finishes after a once-or twice-pronounced divorce, the wife is free to marry another man or to remarry the husband with a new contract-returning to the latter with the number of times left (one or two) needed to enact a threefold, finalized divorce (dis: n7.7); while if the waiting period of a less-than-thrice-pronounced divorce has not yet expired, the husband may take her back (def: n7) without a new contract.)
(n: The husband's obligation to support her during the waiting period is discussed at m11.10 above.)
M11.10: Support for a Woman in Her Postmarital Waiting Period
As for a woman in her postmarital waiting period (def: n9), she is entitled to housing during it no matter if it is because of her husband's death, a divorce in which the husband may take her back, or a threefold, finalized divorce. As for her support (A: in terms of food) and clothing:
-1- it is not obligatory to provide her with it during the waiting period after (N: a threefold divorce, a release for payment (def: n5), or) her husband's death;;
-2- it must be provided in the waiting period of a (A: not yet threefold) divorce in which her husband may take her back;
-3- and if a woman in the waiting period of a threefold divorce is pregnant, she is given support each day (A: until the child is born, after which she is entitled to support and wages for taking care of it), but of not pregnant, she is not entitled to support
Ladies, are you ready to accept that? Get cut by force, get divorced on a whim, cut loose with nothing? Do you like to wear a skimpy bikini on the beach?
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