Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 14
14 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH development of an organization, economy, international affairs, trade, or inheritance. Real Reason why sharia is called a Curse in Christianity Christianity is one such religion. It emphatically alleges that the sharia is a curse, primarily, because they seek to set apart the personal behaviour of people from the checks and restraints of religion. For them, the only purpose of religion is to direct people to say S al a t , observe fast, perform Hajj, pay Zakat, and accept Christ as God. They believe that the sharia has no authority to impose laws concerning murder, riots, thefts and organized robbery; nor to lay down guidelines on how nations should enter into treaties with one another, or control the economy. They argue, concerning the rights of men and women to inheritance, that the sharia again has nothing to do with it; rather, it is the duty of the parliament of a country to promulgate such laws as are in the interest of the nation. Similarly, they assert that if the government has decided to institute interest, whether in the shape of currency or goods, religion cannot declare that such money is unlawful. In short, they detest such commands of religion as are related to the organization, and thus, they declare the sharia to be a curse. This does not imply that fasting is a curse. Had it been a curse, it would not have been written in older editions of the Bible: