Emon, A.M.; Ahmed, R. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law, 2018, ISBN 978–0–19–967901–0, states “Qur’an has no more than 500 verses of legal import” (page 406, Chapter 16, The Classical Period, Scripture, Origins, And Early Development by Mariam Sheibani, Amir Toft, And Ahmed El Shamsy).
A source for that information is not provided.
Would you kindly help us and tell me who has done the study that found that number?
Regards.
There are only Five Mandatory (Fardz) Command of Allah in the Quran.
1. Believe - Faith ---
(A) To Believe Allah as singular Almighty GOD. -----
“He is Allah—One ˹and Indivisible˺;[Quran 112:1] Allah—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺[Quran 112:2] .He has never had offspring, nor was He born. [Quran 112:3] And there is none comparable to Him.”[Quran 112:4]
There is nothing like Him (Allah), even for example. for He ˹alone˺ is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing. [Quran 42:11]
By Believing Allah, You must believe whether "SEEN or UNSEEN" What Allah said directly in the Quran & indirectly in the Sunnah of the prophet (Peace & Mercy of Allah be upon him). --- Otherwise you do not believe Allah.
It implies ----
(B) To Believe the Day of resurrection & Judgement.
(C) To Believe the Angels.
(D) To believe All the Prophets AS sent by Allah on this earth time to time.
(E) To Believe all the Scriptures ( Divine Books) reveled by Allah upon Prophets AS.
(F) The DESTINY.
However Believe has more than 70 Branches. All are mentioned in the Quran & Sunnah of the prophet pbuh.
So, To develop the Believe ---- You must Study Quran & Sunnah to Understand the Concepts of it.
2. Salath -- Worship Salath 5 times every day.
3. Zakath --- Pay the prescribed Charity [Schedules every year upon your savings (not earning)]
4. Fast in month of Ramadan.
5. Perform Hajj once in lifetime.
Thank you Brother Ferasat Hussain for your reply.
Your opinion that there are only Five Mandatory (Fards) Command of Allah in the Quran is interesting.
I have found this answer in my research that you mat find interesting, though it is incomplete:
“Traditional Muslim scholars have identified at least 500 legal injunctions. One of the first scholars to count 500 legal verses was the mufassir Muqatil b. Sulayman (d. 767). He is reputed to have authored a work titled on the subject which has been reconstructed and edited in his book of tafsir of 500 legal rules relating to the halal and haram. Legal verses are always stated once and never repeated. The researcher Goitein argued their length is double or even triple that of non-legal verses. In terms of length and quantity, then, the Quran offers more legal verses than the Torah. The traditional position in Judaism is that there are 613 commandments or mitzvot in the Torah. The earliest reference appears in a sermon of the third century Talmudic Rabbi Simlai endorsed by the renowned scholar Maimonides (d. 1203) nearly a millenium later”.
https://www.islamiqate.com/3807/how-many-legal-verses-are-there-in-the-quran
What do you think of that?
Salam and best regards.
excellent.
But you have not mentioned the word "LEGAL" in your Question.
Your Question is So Simple. So my answer was so simple of introductory nature.
Just a Recommendation for You.
FIQH is not reveled by Allah directly in a comprehensive form in any of the Revelations including Quran & Sunnah.
(1) So, it must match the doctrine / policy of Allah mentioned in Quran & Sunnah.
(2) FIQH is a dynamic thing, which changes by several factors including time, place, Reign of Islam or not, person to person etcetera. ---- This is one of the Reason why Allah has not reveled FIQH in comprehensive form.
(3) Quran states [5:44] ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the disbelievers. [5:44] . So, Judge Very Cautiously.
Brother, salam.
The information I shared above is not mine as I have mentioned. I thought you might be able to comment on the references.
My investigation is not about Fiqh. My investigation is about the number of commands of Allah Rabbul Alamin in the Qur'an Ajim that we need to comply in our lives, commands popularly known as the 'Fards'.
You said they are only 5. It will help me I can learn the basis of that counting, because to my knowledge there must be many more commands of Allah Rabbul Alamin that we need to comply in our lives.
For example Q 16:98
Aujubillahi minashaitanir rajim, bismillahir rahmanir rahim
"Faitha qarata alqurana faistaAAith biAllahi mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi"
Translation: "When thou dost read the Qur'an seek Allah's protection from Satan the rejected one." (Yusuf Ali translation)
Text, pronunciation & translation: https://www.alim.org/quran/compare/surah/16/98/
This is a command that we need to comply in our lives, whenever we recite the Qur'an Ajim we must begin with the Aujubillah...
This command is not in your 5 command list. Perhaps this will provide you with an illustration of the type of commands I am investigating in to.
My best regards brother.
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