God warns us against "coming near his limits" in
Thus, if God has specified a punishment for a crime or sin, it has to be carried out as specified, without argument or negotiation. A claim that the verse specifying the punishment has been abrogated, puts the claimant in danger of "crossing God's limits."
A good example of that is the claim that 24:2 abrogated 4:15-16. Ali Hasan Al-Areedh is one of those who agrees about this claim, even though he repeatedly says, and I translate, that "
if there is an interpretation that makes it possible to comply with both verses then there is no cause for claiming abrogation".
We've shown Al-Asfahaani's and Tantaawi's explanation of 4:15-16, a most compelling explanation, yet Al-Areedh quickly dismisses it because, and I translate, "
No other scholar said it!"
What is the result? The suspension of the prescribed punishment from God for the sin of homosexuality. That action may qualify as "exceeding the limits of God" as in
A huge risk indeed.