How do the separate fasting and prayer texts relate to the original-command argument?
Ada and Qada: The Required Act and Its Substitute
- They show that the original-command argument denies the existence of any separate supporting text
- They show that the same original-command reasoning applies equally to every non-rational substitute
- They make time the only outstanding requirement, while the original act itself falls away
- They give explicit support; the argument concerns whether a new text is necessary