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Old 07-23-2008, 03:30 PM
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Alright Timbit,

Here's some material for you to consider taken from Mohammad Hashim Kamali's excellent "Maqasid Al Shariah: The Objectives of Islamic Law"


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“The ‘ulama’ have classified the entire range of masalih-cum-maqasid into three categories in a descending order of importance, beginning with the essential masālih, or daruriyyat, followed by the complementary benefits, or hajiyyat, and then the embellishment tahsiniyyat. The essential interests are enumerated at five, namely faith, life, lineage, intellect and property. These are, by definition, essential to normal order in society as well as to the survival and spiritual well being of individuals, so much so that their destruction and collapse will precipitate chaos and collapse of normal order in society. The Shari’ah seeks to protect and promote these values and validates measures for their preservation and advancement.”
http://www.aml.org.uk/journal/3.1/Ka...%20Maqasid.pdf




Also take a look at this great overview of the importance and implications of hifz-al-nasl

MS09.4 - Protection of Lineage « bitesize islam

So the question is....if you're prepared to accept the fact that the preservation of lineage is of paramount importance from a Shariah perspective why would you purposely throw a wrench into a machine that is working just fine? Your proposition is unnecessarily disruptive to say the least.
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