Refuting Islam

⚖️ What the Islamic Legal Schools Actually Teach: A Straight-Path Narrative Through Sharia

Islamic law (Sharia) isn’t just one set of rules. It’s the outcome of centuries of legal development in five major schools of jurisprudence (fiqh): four Sunni (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali) and one Shia (Ja’fari). While they differ in some methods and applications, they agree on all the major theological and legal doctrines — especially those that affect human rights, non-Muslims, women, dissenters, and critics.

Here’s how their logic unfolds.

🔹 STEP 1: Are You a Muslim?

This is the first legal classification.

If yes, you are bound by Sharia in its fullest form.
If no, you are either a dhimmi (a tolerated non-Muslim) or an enemy combatant (to be subdued or killed).

🔹 STEP 2: Are You Fully Obedient to Islam?

If you are a Muslim, the law begins monitoring your beliefs and speech.

All five schools agree that the following are capital offenses:

Denying even one verse of the Quran.
Disputing the authority of the Hadith (especially Bukhari or Muslim).
Criticizing the Prophet Muhammad in word or tone.
Publicly leaving Islam (even just to be secular).
Denying an “obligatory” act like hijab, prayer, or jihad.

Punishment across all schools:

Death for apostasy, sometimes with a short grace period (Hanafi) for repentance.
No death penalty exemption for women or minors in Maliki and Hanbali schools.
No indemnity for the killer of an apostate (Shafi’i manual o8.4).

🔹 STEP 3: Have You Blasphemed?

If you’ve said or written anything disrespectful about Islam, Allah, or Muhammad — even sarcastically — the ruling is the same:

Blasphemy = apostasy = death.
In the Maliki and Hanbali schools, repentance is not accepted.
In Shafi’i and Ja’fari rulings, blasphemy may be punished without trial if it's public.

This applies to Muslims and non-Muslims alike in an Islamic state.

🔹 STEP 4: Are You Morally Obedient?

If you commit a moral crime (zina, theft, alcohol consumption), Sharia provides hudud punishments — fixed by Allah, immutable by humans.

Zina (adultery/fornication):
- 100 lashes for unmarried; stoning to death for married.
- All five schools affirm this, including Ja’fari.
Theft:
- Amputation of the right hand if value exceeds threshold.
- This law is non-negotiable in all schools.
Alcohol consumption:
- 40–80 lashes, depending on school.

These are not metaphorical. These are actual court sentences in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan.

🔹 STEP 5: Are You a Non-Muslim?

If you're not a Muslim, the schools divide you by religious category:

If you're Jewish or Christian, you're eligible for dhimmi status:
- Pay the jizya tax “with willing submission and humiliation” (Quran 9:29).
- Forbidden to:
  - Build new churches/synagogues.
  - Ride horses in Muslim cities.
  - Own weapons.
  - Display religious symbols publicly.
  - Testify against Muslims in court.
If you're not from an Abrahamic faith:
- Hanafi: may be tolerated under contract.
- Maliki, Hanbali, Shafi’i: must convert or face war.
- Ja’fari: treat as polytheists — full rights only come with conversion.

Bottom line: All schools agree non-Muslims are legally inferior.

🔹 STEP 6: Are You a Woman?

Every school enforces gender apartheid in legal and family matters.

Testimony:
- Two women equal one man (Quran 2:282).
- Applies to finance, marriage, some court cases.
Inheritance:
- Women get half the share of men (Quran 4:11).
Marriage and sex:
- Wives are legally bound to obey their husbands.
- Sex cannot be refused except in very specific conditions.
- Shafi’i and Hanbali schools permit beating disobedient wives (Quran 4:34).
Imamate and leadership:
- Women may not lead men in prayer or state affairs (all schools).

Even where the schools allow education or work, it is always conditional upon male approval and conformity to hijab/sharia rules.

🔹 STEP 7: Does Islam Permit Offensive Jihad?

Yes. All four Sunni schools agree:

Offensive jihad is lawful and was practiced by Muhammad.
It is not just defensive — it can be used to spread Islamic authority.
The goal is to:
- Convert the enemy, or
- Subjugate them under jizya, or
- Wage war until they are defeated.

The only exception:

Ja’fari (Shia) school postpones offensive jihad until the return of the 12th Imam (Mahdi).
However, defensive jihad and political militancy are still active (e.g., Hezbollah, IRGC).

🔹 STEP 8: Can You Reform These Laws?

Absolutely not. Reform means:

Rejecting consensus (ijma) = apostasy.
Denying a Quranic verse = apostasy.
Criticizing Muhammad = blasphemy = death.
Saying Islamic law is immoral = heresy (zandaqa) = execution.

All five schools treat reformists as apostates or heretics — not as sincere dissenters.
This includes women’s rights activists, liberal Muslims, secularists, and Quran-only Muslims.

✅ Final Assessment: One Machine, Many Gears

Despite differences in:

Language,
Degree of strictness,
Legal methodology (e.g., qiyas vs hadith prioritization),

All Islamic legal schools share the same theological skeleton:

Core Doctrine	All Schools Agree
Sharia is divine and unchangeable	✅
Quran is the perfect word of God	✅
Muhammad is the moral example	✅
Apostasy must be punished	✅
Blasphemy is a capital crime	✅
Non-Muslims are legally inferior	✅
Women are half in worth	✅
Jihad is legitimate and mandated	✅

🧨 Final Word

Islamic law isn't a buffet.
No school offers equality, pluralism, or reform.
No school permits freedom of religion, criticism of the prophet, or rejection of Sharia.

“Reform” is not tolerated.
“Moderation” is not doctrinal.
“Violence” is not extremist — it is orthodox.

If the Quran is the blueprint, the schools of fiqh are the engine rooms — all producing the same result:

Submission, supremacy, and silence.