When I tell someone “Actually that’s not forbidden by God” and the poor thing says: “But you haven’t provided evidence from the Quran and Sunnah!”: As for interpretations of the Quran and sunnah, it is to be conducted by intelligent people who can actually see common sense and beyond simplistic linguistic breakdowns. Every mature adult…

‏ليس في الشريعة حكم واحد إلا وله معنى وحكمة؛ يعقله من عقله، ويخفى على من خفي عليه Ibn al-Qayyim, a Hanbali philosopher wrote on the Law: “There is not in the Shari’ah one law except that it has meaning and a wisdom. Those who get it, get it. And it is concealed from those whom…