What Is Attributed to Shahrur

In his treatment of drinking wine, Shahrur interprets the command to obey the Messenger as obedience to him during his lifetime in his capacity as a legislator who enacted civil law. He presents what he says about flogging the drunkard as an example of a law the Messenger established for his own era.

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Limits of the Evidence

The evidence concerns the example of wine and the punishment for intoxication; by itself, it does not define the scope of this description across other acts or legislations attributed to the Messenger.

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