Abrogation in the Quran: Perspectives of Jamal Al-Banna and Jasser Auda

This study aims to examine the opinions of Jamal al-Banna and Jasser Auda regarding abrogation in religious texts. Both figures are included in this study because they have different backgrounds of thought: Jamal al-Banna is known for his liberal thinking, while Jasser Auda is known as a progressive thinker who still follows the style of thought of mainstream scholars. This research is a qualitative-extractive study, with the main references being their two books related to abrogation: Tafnid Da’wa al-Naskh fi al-Quran al-Karim by Jamal al-Banna and Naqd Nadzariyyah al-Naskh: Bahtsun fi Fiqh Maqashid al-Syariah by Jasser Auda. Based on the research results, both argue that there is no abrogation in religious texts. One of the reasons they provide is that there is no strong evidence explaining the existence of abrogation in religious texts, especially given the disputes among scholars regarding the abrogating verse and the abrogated verse. According to both of them, abrogation has implications for changes in the shariah (Islamic law), so the evidence supporting its existence must be strong.