Jews Fishing Net On Sabbath
Behind every ritual and directive, lies its spirit and essence. No doubt the rituals and directives do hold a value of their own, but at the end of it, it is the essence and taqwa which matters. Any inadvertent/unintentional negligence in Rituals can be ignored, but a stern approach in following the law which doesn’t have taqwa at the very core of it, is a useless activity and God is in no need of that activity. In the Sabbath incident, they might be following the law by finding a loophole in it, but in the very act they forgot who they are trying to fool or play with. The followed the law but in doing so, lost the essence and spirit of what was actually required of them which any person with a common sense would know unless he has mala fide intentions.