What Is Sharia? | Andrew March
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What is Sharia? Watch Andrew March, Associate Prof. of Political Science at UMass Amherst, explain everything you always wanted to know about Sharia but were afraid to ask.
Subtitles/CC: 🇺🇸 English | 🇪🇸 ¿Qué es la Sharia? | 🇫🇷 Qu'est-ce que la charia ? | 🇩🇪 Was ist Scharia?
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Sharia as a Path to God
Andrew F. March
For many of us in America, “Sharia” is a household word, familiar from the media and political debates. But what is Sharia and how much do ordinary Americans really know about it? We may think of it as “Islamic law” but that doesn’t tell us very much if we know little about the Islamic tradition. I’m not a Muslim myself, but I am a scholar of Islamic law, and I often find myself introducing Sharia to college students whose only knowledge of Islam might come from news reports about distant and confusing events.
I tell them that for Muslims, Sharia means the “way” or “path” to God. I also explain that it’s broader than just law, and it refers to the very idea of God communicating with humans through revelation. This is why for Muslims, the Sharia includes God’s messages to previous prophets, from Noah to Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. This shouldn’t be a surprise-Muslims see God’s revelation to Muhammad as a continuation, and completion, of the message revealed to the earlier Jewish and Christian prophets.
But while the Sharia is not just law, it is law. It contains rules of behavior. But Muslim legal scholars of the past described the Sharia not so much as a codified rulebook, like our tax code, nor as merely a set of higher principles, like the idea of natural law, but as the ongoing search for God’s prescriptions for human action. Like the Mosaic law, the Sharia is the discovery of the rules that will allow believers us to obey God.
Muslims understand that these rules of Sharia reflect broader purposes and values. Scholars and theologians have traditionally said that the entire Sharia is designed to protect human welfare, which they define through 6 core universal interests: life, religion, reason, wealth, family and honor.
For example, the Sharia prohibits the consumption of alcohol. But scholars don’t just say that this is because God has forbidden it - but also because it is God’s will that humans protect and preserve their reason or intellect, which is necessary for making correct moral decisions.
The Sharia also prohibits sexual relations outside of marriage. This is not just because of divine decree, but because it preserves family bonds. At the same time, the Sharia prohibits false accusations of sexual immorality. This protects human dignity and honor, which are necessary for living a good life. So the Sharia should first be understood by its goals and values before its rules.
What then are those rules? And if they are not codified, how are they known? Muslim jurists discovered these rules through 4 primary sources: the Quran, the words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad, the universal agreement about a matter by the Muslim community (or its scholars), and the careful use of analogy.
Law usually refers to the public sphere, but most of the Sharia’s rulings are about private spiritual practice, such as prayer, fasting, charity, and so on. And while rulings on social relations from marriage, divorce, sales, contracts, and inheritance remain a living part of the Sharia, their implementation in modern societies varies from country to country. Sometimes it is based purely on personal conviction-as in the case of American Muslims voluntarily giving to charity or following Islamic finance laws.
Importantly: Very few of the areas of behavior and social relations the Sharia governs have only a single rule on which all jurists agree. Scholars always accepted and recognized reasonable disagreement, because interpretation could rarely provide complete certainty about God’s intentions.
Yet this did not mean that anyone could just impose their own understanding of God’s law on others, especially through force. While the Sharia also encompasses certain rulings on civil procedure, aspects of crime and punishment, and even warfare, only public authorities could establish courts with the power to enforce Sharia rulings.
Today, this has changed in a number of ways. In nations where Muslims are minorities-such as the United States-Muslim scholars emphasize that the Sharia makes it obligatory for Muslims to follow the secular laws of the lands where they live.
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I converted to Islam Alhamdulila after visiting Istanbul and OMAN
Nice.. let's talk
May Allah make every thing good easy for you.
Never thought I was gonna learn something about my own religion from a Non Muslim.
don't forget that even USA has part of the sharia law , (military laws )
In 1935 the US Supreme Court honored the Prophet Muhammad as one of the Greatest Law Givers in the History of the World. Fact!
lemane lemso sure?
@@tauhidaman007 Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur'an and even hosted a feast for Muslims to break their fast in the White House. He bought the Qur'an literally 11 years before drafting the Declaration of Independence. So who is more American? You? Or one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson?
and he happen to be the one founder with a copy of the quran , and on his grave (freedom of religion!!!) until now
@@tauhidaman007 Look it up. It is true.
@@tauhidaman007 ...but I am not sure if it was 1935.
@@tauhidaman007 yes
Sharia also insure that non-muslims have their own rules and not forced to accept the Islamic rules.
That's why non-muslims accepted Arabs after the early Islamic conquests.
Thanks it was a good explanation. Learn more about religions, and I am an atheist.
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Informative. I am a muslim and I didn't know most of these details.
Vlla dashamir pak a shum per cfare behet fjal? sepse spo e kuptoj !!?
4:59 The map is wrong. Bangladesh, Malaysia,Kosovo, Brunei,Albania,Bosnia and Harzegovina, Somalia and Nigeria is missing.
WE ARE MUSLIMS TOO!
Yes you are Muslims and we love you as our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Ok man
If they are going to adress every countrt with muslims it would be around 203 countries
Thank you for the video, There is a verse in the Quran if applied by the human kind, mostly 99% of financial court cases disappear. It is in Baqarh the second chapter in Quran, verse 188 :
And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful].
To the one that did this video. As a Muslim I can say that u have understood very well Sharia law. God bless u. We hope u continue in your work
Turk Kilic God bless you or God guide you?
The napoleonian code that is still in use nowadays, in France, was mostly based on the islamic malekite school of thought, which is one interpretation of the sharia law. Auguste le Compte mentioned it in his writings...
Here is muslims guide to haven :
step 1 : believe in God his messengers , his angels and the judgement day
Step 2 : follow the 5 pillars of islam
Step 3 : just be a good person to the best of your ability
not trying to be disrespectful but,, where does stoning, burkas, and preventing women from getting an education fit in the law.. am I wrong?
well, sir burkas a whole-body covering isn't mentioned in Quran and the same with not allowing education it's not there. and those who are practising it aren't perfect and it needed to be confronted.
im a catholic and learning about other's religion is very intersting
Thanks Sir great explain Ramadan Mubarak to All Muslim around the world from Eritrea 🇪🇷 Africa,
Same to you; brother from india.
Same to you bro, brother from Somalia 🇸🇴🌹
Ramadan Kareem from Terengganu, Malaysia 🇲🇾
It's funny how Americans like to debate on things, that they have zero knowledge of.
Amazing. This is so well explained. Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing!
Outstanding what a great video Andrew. May God bless you and protect you and continue with your work.
Thank your video sir. But when you say continuation of Jewish and Christian prophets, although it is correct, it is not accurate. It should be continuation of prophets of God (the same one God) because Ibrahim is not a christian nor a jew. But he is following the religion of God.
Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 140:
Nay! do you say that Ibrahim and Ismail and Yaqoub and the tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Are you better knowing or Allah? And who is more unjust than he who conceals a testimony that he has from Allah? And Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.
Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 136:
Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that which had been revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Musa and Isa, and (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
Abraham is a Hebrew so as Moses, Noah and Christ (Jesus)... what does it tells you about their origins?
Just to add an argument:
How can Abraham be Jewish or Christian as Moses and Jesus came AFTER him.
It is clearly mentioned in Quran that Ibrahim is neither jew nor christitan but was on the Deen e Ilaahi.(the releigion of GOD). And rememeber that the GOD is refferring this to Islam the GOD's releigion and these verses of Quran are the revelations to the final Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
You guys just need to read Quran for understanding.
Trixy McSasa'i
How are Abraham and Noah a Hebrew?
What is the difference between a Hebrew and a Jew?
Basically all Prophets and Messengers submitted to the will of God and Muslim term simply means those who submit to the will of God ..that's why we Muslims say that all the Prophets and Messengers simply submitted to the will of the Almighty God ..preached his oneness... so they are Muslims....but ppl are confused and end up asking how can Adam and Noah and Jesus and Moses( peace on them all) be muslims
Sharia is the best law in world 🌍 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Greeting
You can see Islam as a final message from GOD in Deuteronomy 33-2 three messages first from Mount Sinai Jewish religion second Mount Seir Christian religion but there is a third one from Mount Paran which is Mecca connected to the number 10 thousands
In Songs of Solomon
5-10 He is Chiefest among 10 thousands or surrounded depending on translation
No man in history has more connection to this number than Muhammad PBUH his biggest victory opening Mecca was done with 10 thousand soldiers.
Habkabok 3-3 the holy one will come from Paran his praise will fell the earth 🌎
Hint AZAN which is circulating earth none stop declaring Muhammad PBUH is the Massenger of GOD
Paran where Abraham PBUH left Hajar and Ishmael and the water came out by God's mercy which is called Zamzam which is the only water on planet earth that can satisfy your hunger and thirst, I bet they did not tech that in school.
Well sold, making something like Sharia sound as if was the Bill of Rights. Not a word about penalties for apostasy, theft, adultery, homosexuality, about treatment of non believers under Sharia, jizia tax, women inheriting half as their brothers. But do not trust me just get in the internet a copy of Reliance of the Traveller a broadly accepted compendium of Sharia Las and read it so then you can amaze at the wonders of Sharia that this profesor has sugarcoated so well. Peace
This would never pop on a neo white nationalist's recommended feed I can bet lol
As a Muslim, living in a Hindu majority country, even I thought that Sharia law was inhumane. This opened my eye. Alhamdullillah. ❣️
Perfectly explained! Now I know what to share with my non-Muslim friends.
THANK YOU so much for doing this great video. You are amazing and showing the world what is truth and reality. I'm a Muslim and I pray in this Holy month of Ramadan that May Allah bless you with the wealth of Eman. You are AMAZING!😍😘❤❤
Those who said sharia only about cutting people's hand..is totally stupid
Sharia isn't bad if it's self imposed but keep your theocratic rules off me and out of my government; people can live the way they want but a theocracy has no place in government and what most Americans are opposed to is sharia law as a government branch or any group with power over anyone else... not to say it's all bad but it shouldn't be enforced/imposed because it's sharia
Wow, what a professor let's gloss over the book and the man...cair must love this guy. If he was my professor I would have to spend extra time outside of class filling in the holes so that I could actually receive an education.
This is a simplistic perspective which speaks in a roundabout way of something but never really touches on the truth and the essence of what sharia law is and looks like. It also is misleading.
Great video! But, I wished you covered the misunderstandings of Sharia, or anything particularly incorrect about it.
Thank you! We're just getting started. A lot more is in store. In the meantime, you can all be part of this initiative by sharing our videos far and wide.
@Cant_Touch_This Thank you for your information!
@dimmy dunk first of all ppl should accept each other unconditionally and without any racial or baised feeling, its just about if u want to know something take it from its home not hearing about it from far and distorting media
Islam is a life .. not just a religion !
Literally everyone who speaks against Shari'ah has got no clue about it, all thanks to Fow News.
John 14:6 (KJV)
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
But, why there are so many violent cases caused by it all over the world??????????????????? It doesn't look the way that you describe.
white People of America and Europe... that's the answer
You were brain washed by media
Instead of accusations against islamic law..
People should wonderful that its a religion with complete set of rules and regulations....its truly wonderful
That was 100% true I opened this video expecting someone who curses islam like any other video but I was surprised to see someone explaining it ❤️
Conveniently not mentioning anything about sharia hudud punishments like public lashing to publicly stoning to death, amputation of hands and crucifixion.
Very nice content......!!! You are really doing a great job.....but i think you started this project very late.....!!!!
Holy Quran 8.30--And [remember, O Muhammad], When Those who Disbelieved Plotted Against You to Restrain You or Kill You or Evict You [from Makkah].
But THEY PLAN, and
ALLAH PLANS. And
ALLAH IS THE BEST OF PLANNERS.
Allhumdunillah I’m Muslim allah bless every one to learn about Islam ☪️
I Respect the Jews Hindus zoroastrians Yazidis sabians and my Muslim brothers if you are reading this may peace be upon you and I hope that you have an incredible day :)
Finally someone which rivals pragerU
Yeah!!!
hate pragerU..spreads fake information
Half knowledge is danger then no knowledge.
May God reward you all in this channel for taking the effort to propagate truth and protect the community of Muslims. My sincere prayers for all of you, so impressed by your genuine kindness
Thanks mate for a balanced view about sharia. God bless you
This video proves that today's Islam practice is far from its genuine intention. THis also proves that the Prophet Muhammad's prophecy is true that in the end times, the Ummah will be ignorant like froth of the sea. But this situation will end with the coming of Imam Mahdi and Jesus / Isa A.S.
I am a muslim my whole life but I wasn't that clear until I saw this beautiful and clear explanation by this highly talented orator person. Thank you and God Allah bless you.
Jesus prayed for His disciples and for all believers -“Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name-the name you gave me-so that they may be one as we are one” (John 17:11).
That's good work Brother. Thanks from Philadelphia
Thank you, my Allah swt bless you in this world and in the next...
Read Quran everyday and never ignore your five daily prayers
Thank you! Hope you get a million subs
I am extremely sorry for to watch anything
You people are doing well and best things.
I am sorry for what I wrote before and hereafter I insha Allah never lie at all to my best.
That is what Sharia. It is all about humanity. It is not about cutting hand for stealing. Thanks
Sharia is quite literally the complete and total antithesis of Western legal systems and the values on which they are founded.
Does Andrew March really understand sharia? What is the punishment under sharia for apostasy, adultery, homosexuality and blasphemy? What is the status of unbelievers in a society governed by sharia? After the bloodshed from religious wars in Europe western societies have come to the conclusion that the separation of religion and the state is something precious and needs to be preserved. We do not want nor need any laws derived from 7th century religious texts.
Thank you for watching. Dr. March is an expert on Sharia and understands it very well. He clearly states in the video that Sharia instructs Muslims living in secular societies to abide by the laws of the land. He is not advocating the introduction of new laws based on 7th-century religious texts. More on this topic will be published in the coming months.
Thank you for the traduction in french... 🙂
pas de quoi.
I dont understand to rightnow what make those people dont accept islam it clarly that is from GOD.
Thank you for the effort. Peace.
This is highly informative. Thanks.
The penalty for leaving Islam is death. This is all I need to know about Islam .
u know a lot of islam , but i really wich that u accept it.. knowing every thing has no value without believing that there is only one god
I have learned this before I was 10. But thank you letting me remember
I am a Muslim and I learned a lot from this video..... in this busy world we got far away from religion May Allah bless us
5:39 The definition of Sharia❤
Islam is just personal relation between God and man. Its everyone's own personal discovery of God.
You make it sound good but this is NOT the Sharia of the Qur'an.
Shriah begins from ALLAH's message and its a endless chain ...but it grows from the hearts
I really hope that human common sense will prevail, and sharia (and the qur'an) will be simply cornered as tribal, obsolete, nonsense that the human kind once mistakenly followed.
I keep being stupified by "lectures" like these, that try to justify something that has nothing to do with natural human evolution.
Mohammed Rasuulu Allah عليه أفضل الصلاة والتسليم the Final Messenger of Allah.
*A Brilliant Synopsis of The Islamic Sharia.*
Funny & ironical how this non-Muslim brother knows Sheria inside-out than many Muslims, but does not believe in core principles of Islam. Thanks Andrew for educating us about our Religion
Love that there are still reasonable people trying to communicate to the public what is Islam amid the rise of populist right wing haters
Keep going and hope you would contribute to peace and prosperity for the world
Alhamdulilah for the explaining the Sharia law for a baby to understand.
Sounds reasonable, but what are the Sharia laws, and what happens when the law is broken or not followed correctly?
5:30 - 5:54 very true ! Only if the whole world could understand this 😭!
Thank you brother for nicely elaborations of Sharia. Even most of the Muslims including me did not know the actual meaning and point of views about SHARIA. It was fantastically described by you. Thanks again! ❤
Non Muslims always afraid about Shariya Law😂😂 o my ChUtiYa brother why not you afraid about man made Democracy,look on the modern world politics became like a basketball one who points a goal becomez a ruler😂😂😂😂😂😂
Much kinder, absence of the doomsday mentality, less about control, more allowed inner growth, much common sense
Good knowledge but why only have 115k viewers? Where are others?
What a explanation. I will show this video in organisation behaviour class. Hope this will give knowledge behaviour, values, rule, objective.
Holy Quran 22.39-- PERMISSION [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because They Were WRONGED. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory.
Holy Quran 22.40-- [They are] those who have been EVICTED from Their HOMES Without Right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allah ." And were it not that Allah CHECKS the people, some by means of others, there would have been DEMOLISHED MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES, and MOSQUES in which the Name of Allah is much mentioned. And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
Holy Quran 22.41-- [And they are] those who, if We give them AUTHORITY in the land, Establish PRAYER and Give ZAKAH and Enjoin what is RIGHT and forbid what is WRONG. And to Allah belongs the outcome of [all] Matters
মাশাল্লাহ। আল্লাহ আকবর।। May Allah bless You Sir
What is the goal of the Emir Stein Centre? Who is it run by, what do they want to achieve?
I love this channel... I hope the message spread everywhere
Brilliant discussion. Thank you professor. I didn't know Much about that. Know I am clear.
I like it when non Muslims are scholars of sharia. More education means less bias. It is so valuable to everyone and I respect these scholars search for truth
Wow this is the video I’ve been waiting all my life for
Well said mate 👍👏👏 keep up the good work on clearing misconceptions about Islam😇✨
If only western media can be this honest to there people, just like this channel does
As a Muslim, I feel extremely happy learning about my religion from a Non-Muslim
The only problem I have with this video is that you didn't include Nigeria 🇳🇬 in Muslim majority 4:55
Ramadan Mubarak everyone ♥ 2021
I wonder why would 668 people hit the dislike button for a video that explain what the Shari'a is all about?
Thank you for the attempt to make an objective explanation of the Sharia (Syari'ah) for all layers of demografic. Indeed, it's one of the form of paving the path to God's mercy. The God of Abraham, Moses, Aaroon, David ,Solomon, Noah, 'Isa/Yeshua, Muhammad and so on, Peace be upon them all.
Even the Muslims can only strive as much to reach righteousness&balance in interpreting & implementing Quranic concepts/philosophies/principles to the juriprudences system and all aspects of society. through the extra aid of Hadits. But the Absolute truth belongs only to God and all the disagrement or differences will once for all be settle only in the day of the judgment.
Wallahu a'lam ((only)God knows best)
Just subscribed, this scholar has truly given an honest explanation & view on the Sharia
Very beautifully presented summary. The best I’ve seen from a non-Muslim. Thank you.
To the sharia law has many good sides also bad sides
I want to translate this video in Bengali .. What should I do?
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Everything's in Islam is just and honest,subhan Allah, people just don't understand and they are brainwashed
Andrew March...WHAT A GOOD DHIMMI BOY! Wanna cookie? Good boy!
Thank you so much for this clear and detailed explanation. I am a Muslim and you've just put into words what many find it hard to explain.