There's a difference between sharci law in an Islamic court and civi law. Scholars state that the xuduud implemention of law is at the discretion of the ruler. As long as he establishes the prayer and is not a gaal no one should overthrow him. Islam is very tolerant religion and does not want to force people to do things, Islam is easy but you so called salafists make it hard. Did you know Umar bin Khattab (RA) suspended xuduud punishment for theft due to economic hardship and drought? He said NO WERE NOT CUTTING HANDS, people are stealing cause they are poor, suspend it! This is ijtihaad and the aqli to use it.
People were hungry and he made that his jurisdiction but if you were to say that terror groups today funded by Saudi they would declare you a murtad and chop off your neck. This is the utter ignorance rampant upon our ummah that has caused a great deal of bloodshed and is a cancer worst than the plague
Saaxib there is a difference between ijtihaad and being lenient with the xuduud compared to downright denying the xuduud punishment and thinking it's archaic and should be discarded.
There are many cases in the times of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Sahaba where they tried to make excuses and be lenient in order to not implement the xuduud.
The severe punishment of the xuduud is more of a deterrent and shows the gravity of the sin to the Muslim community. For example, stoning the one who does Zina who was previously married...it requires 4 witnesses which is no easy feat.
Btw the scholars do not say the Muslim ruler who doesn't rule by the book of Allah is blanketly a Gaal. Some do it for desires. They know that Allah's law is better than secularism but they rule based on secularism in order to get power and other worldly benefit(many of the Muslim rulers fall under this category).
However, if a Muslim ruler says explicitly that he believes secularism is better or equal to the rule of Allah, or that the Law revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is outdated then many scholars have stated that this person has committed major kufur.
So this isn't a matter to take lightly.
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