I am perplexed with the current situation in my country, where many questions are being discussed regarding Islam and its application to mu'amalah or daily transactions as well as the Syari'ah or Islamic Law.
However, in a country that does not regard the Qur'an and Sunnah of Muhammad (SAW) as being the utmost in authority, I cannot even begin to imagine the disaster waiting to happen when decisions are passed out. In Malaysia, customs ('Urf) and the Syari'ah are intertwined to such an extent that there are state bodies governing the two together. This mix usually results in the Syari'ah being subservient and secondary to the requirements of customs or in Malay it is called 'adat'.
It is an unusually common understanding here that Syari'ah must always give way to local customs. Whilst it is trite that nothing ever shall overide the Syari'ah.
When inappropriate tools are used to fix a specific problem you would expect to find the fault being unfixed. It may even get worse! Therefore I submit that in order to fix something relating to Islam, the appropriate tools must be used which in this case is the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
AMIR HAMZAH BIN AMHA
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