Following Imams of Fiqh
Certain Muslim sects argue that the
following ( Taqleed ) of four
Imams of Islamic Jurisprudence (I mam
Abdu Hanifa, Imam Maalik, Imam Shafi'i
and Imam Ahmad - RU ) is not
correct. People should read Quran
and Hadith independently and see for
themselves and judge what is right and
what is wrong for them. Salafis
and the like minded groups , in
particular, stop people from
following of four Imams of fiqh, but
they do follow Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn
Abdul Wahhab blindly.
If one has to read Quran and Hadith
independently and try to deduce fiqh
rules on his own, then the founders of
salafism Ibn Taymiyyah /Ibn Abdul
Wahhab should also be excluded
from blind following.
The whole idea of self study of
Quran and Hadith and deducing fiqh rules
independently is misleading. If
this was the case, Allah (SWT) would
have sent His books directly to the
people and asked them to deduce rules
independently. There was no need
to send Prophets who taught us the
meanings of the holy books as per the
purport of Allah (SWT).
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To start a new faith, it is important
ReplyDeletethat the established schools are
rejected and religious authorities /
Imams are challenged. This is what
the founders of Salafism
did. In the guise of
following of the Prophet’s (SAWS)
companions directly, they broke the
established chain and authenticity of
Islamic practices.
Salafis say that they follow Imam
Ahmad bin Hanbal; and in the same
breath they say that they follow Ibn
Taymiyyah. Sometimes
they say that they follow all four
Imams, including Ibn Taymiyyah and Abdul
Wahhab. How can you ride
several horses at one time?
This type of arguments are good to
convince innocent Muslims, but these
will not hold good in front Allah (SWT)
and his Apostle (SAWS).
Once you start following Ibn Taymiyyah
and Ibn Abdul Wahhab, you have
joined Salafism at the expense of
mainstream Islamic schools of fiqh
for all practical purposes.
Followers of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Abdul
Wahhab " is a separate group among
Muslims" and they will be identified
as such in this world as well as in
Hereafter.
As a Salafi / Wahhabi /Ahle Hadith and
the like minded, you will be standing in
front of Allah (SWT) in the Group
of Ibn Abdul Wahhab and his associate
groups on the Day of
Judgment. Your judgment will
be done along with the members of these
group.
My dear brothers and sisters, please
don’t be under any illusions about
it.
Also remember one thing. As per
the Hadith (Tirmizi) of 73 sects, the
beliefs of more than 99% of the people
belonging to these sects/groups run the
risk of rejection on the Day of
Judgment.
You have to distinguish between right
ReplyDeleteand the wrong. You cannot be
complacent with your beliefs as
correct. You cannot stamp
yourself as correct and spread your
beliefs as truthful. Allah (SWT)
knows what is hidden in our
hearts.
Salafis and the like minded groups
should search their conscience and
decide whether Imam Hussain ®
was on the right path or Yazid was on
the right path.
All Salafi groups believe Yazid was on
the right path and say " Radiallahu
ta'la unhu " with his name.
They choose to defend Yazid at the
expense of Imam Hussan (RU).
Meaning, they accuse Imam Hussain (RU)
as wrong doer.
It is in Hadith - Prophet Mohammad
(SAWS) looked at Hazrat Ali (RU),
Hazrata Fatima (RA) and Imam Hassan and
Imam Hussain (Raziallu unhum) and said
" "I am in war with those
who will fight with you, and in peace
with those who are peaceful to you."
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim,
Tabarani, Mishkat, etc.) Accusing
Imam Hussain (RU) is indeed character
assassination of the distinguished
grandson of Prophet Mohammad
(SAWS). Many Ulema will agree that
character assassination of the deceased
Imam (RU) by Salafis / Deobandis and
their like minded groups is a bigger
crime than his physical assassination by
Yazid and his cursed supporters.
If you decide Yazid was on the
right path and say ( Radiallahu ta'la
unhu) with his name, then you will be
standing along with Yazid in front of
Allah (SWT) on the Day of Judgment and
your judgment will be done along
with him.
Think coolly, who stands a good chance
to go to paradise. Imam Hussain
(RU) or Yazid?
Search your conscience and find out the
ReplyDeleteprobability whether Allah (SWT) and
Prophet Mohammad (SAWS) will favor and
support Imam Hussain (RU) or
Yazid?
Search your conscience and find out who
could be more dear to Prophet Mohammad
(SAWS) and Allah (SWT), Iman Hussain (R)
or Yazid ?
Decide, would you like your
judgment to be done along with Ahle
Baite Rasulullah (SAWS) or
Yazid, in the company of Abdul
Wahhab Najdi and Ibn Taymiyyah?
If you decide Imam Hussain (RU) was on
the right path, what he did was correct,
and Yazid (let Allah’s curse be on
him) was the culprit of the
Karbala homicide, then you will be
standing along with Imam Hussain (RU) in
front of Allah (SWT) on the Day of
Judgment and your judgment will be done
along with this great Imam of Islamic
Ummah.
Anyone who has read a little about
Islamic history knows the character of
Yazid. He was a tyrant,
addicted alcoholic and womanizer.
He attacked Makka and Madina and killed
thousands of family members of
Prophet’s (SAWS) house hold and
As-habe Rasulullah (SAWS).
Wahhabis claim Yazid was part of an army
of good Muslims. But historians
have mentioned that he was scheduled to
join the army, but did not do so.
If it was the case, then Imam Ahmad
Hanbal would not have cursed
Yazid.
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal was asked by
his son that a group of people (qawm)
attribute us to [be with] Yazid , he
replied, O son! Whoever believes in
Allah, how can they have any association
with Yazid? And why should he not be
cursed (laanat) when Allah sends curse
(laanat) on him in His Book. He asked
where did Allah send laanat on him in
His Book? The Imam replied “in
this saying of Allah Ta’la”:
“ Do you then have
the sign that if you get the authority,
spread disorder in the land and sever
your ties of Kinship? These are they
whom Allah has cursed and made them deaf
from the truth and made their eyes
blind. ( Mohammad -SAWS : 22-23 ), and
then said, is there any greater fasaad
(tribulation) than the murdering of
Hussain (RU) " ?
(The above is mentioned in multiple
sources, viz., Ibn Hajar Makki in
al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqa page 333;
Tafsir Mazhari v. 8. p. 434; Imam
Barzanji in al-Isha’at; Qadi Abu
Ya’la in Mu’tamad
al-Usool; Ibn al-Jawzi, etc.)
Ibn Abdul Wahhab killed hundreds of
thousands of Muslims belonging to Ahle
Sunnah Wal Jama'a declaring them as
Kuffaar. He did not leave
even the graves of the dead. He
destroyed and leveled the graves of
Prophet Mohammad’s (SAWS)
relatives, Companions, Imams, Ulema and
Awliya Allah in the name of purification
of Islam. He could have stopped
people from alleged
worshiping of graves by several
other means. But he chose to
humiliate and insult the respected
souls by destroying and
eliminating their traces from the face
of earth. He
declared all Muslims died for 1000 years
before him as Mushrikeen.
He accused Muslims of his time as
infidels / polytheists / deviated
innovators and issued edict to kill them
en masse.
A prominent Islamic Scholar of Ibn
ReplyDeleteAbdul Wahhab’s time, Muhammad Amin
Ibn Abidin wrote in his famous work
‘Hashiyya Radd Al-Mukhtar’
(Vol. 3, Page 309). as follows:
QUOTE “In our time Ibn Abdul
Wahhab Najdi appeared and attacked the
two noble sanctuaries (Makkah and
Madinah). He claimed to be a Hanbali,
but his thinking was such that only he
alone was a Muslim, and everyone else
was a polytheist! Under this guise, he
said that killing the Ahle Sunnah was
permissible”
Shaikhul Islam Hafiz Taqiuddin Ali Ibn
Abdilkafi As Subki wrote about Ibn
Taymiyyah in the preface of his
book 'Ad-Durratul Mudiyyah'.
" By his claims Ibn Taymiyah
innovated foul things in the Usul of
belief, and infringed the foundations of
Islam and at the same time covered
himself under the pretext of following
the Book (Quran) and Sunnah, outwardly
showing that he was a caller to Truth
and a guide to Heaven, while on the
contrary he deviated from following of
Quran and Sunnah". UNQUOTE
Followi ng of four Jurisprudential Imams
is not their personal emulation
(Taqleed). They are accepted
teachers of Muslims. The question
here is not blind emulation
(taqleed), it is the matter of
trust Muslims have in these great Imams.
It is in Quran - ‘Prophet
Mohammad (SAWS) is an exemplary model
(for all of you) (Al-Ahzab – 21).
What is the meaning of this verse?
Simply follow the Prophet (SAWS) in
whatever he does. Who will follow the
Prophet (SAWS)? The one who has
complete trust in him. The hypocrites in
Prophet’s (SAWS) time did not
follow him because they did not trust
him.
After Prophet Mohammad (SAWS), people
trusted the rightful Caliphs and
companions of Prophet Mohammad (SAWS)
and followed them.
After the companions, people followed
the Ta’abaeen (first generation
followers of the companions of Prophet
Mohammad -SAWS) because they trusted in
their sincerity and knowledge.
Then came the time of
Taba-taba’een (the followers of
Ta'abaeen) and people followed them.
Then came the times of Imams of various
Islamic subjects. This period was
followed by the Shaikhs of Ihsan or
truthful Sufis. People followed all
these spiritual leaders because they had
trust in them.
Every time, every period in Islamic
history we do have rightful people who
can be followed. These virtuous souls
are there in every place and every time.
They are our practical guides in the
following of the religion.
If the requirement of following was not
to be there, then in the presence of
Quran, Allah (SWT) would not have asked
people to follow the Prophet (SAWS) in
whatever he did.
It is not blind following, rather it is
ReplyDeletethe trust in a knowledgeable Ulema
which helps us overcome our day to day
problems in religious life.
Why do we go to Muftis for their edicts
in certain issues? It is because we
trust them for their knowledge and their
sincerity in religion.
If this following is removed from
society, how will we deal with various
issues?
We believed in all Imams of Hadith,
particularly the 6 famous Imams. This is
the reason we follow the Hadiths
mentioned in their books. First we need
to have trust in Imam Bukhari, then we
will believe in the Hadith mentioned in
his book. This way, are not we following
Imam Bukhari ®?
Muslims follow all venerable Imams,
Shaikhs of Ihsan, truthful legendary
Sufis, As-hab-e-Rasulullah (SAWS)
in their actions. This is the
foundation on which the building of
Islam has been built. If you remove this
foundation and ask people to go back to
the books of Hadith and Quran on their
own and lead the life of a Muslim; will
it be possible? No, they will lose
the track. They will be mislead and go
astray.
If you do not study a subject under the
able and experienced teacher, there is
100% possibility that you will be
mislead. This is what has happened with
Salafis. They thought, by reading books
they can emulate and follow
As-habe-Rasulullah (SAWS). It is simply
not possible. They were mislead from the
Quran and Hadith because they
interpreted these books as per their
limited understanding.
What is innovation in Religion? If some
one goes against the fact of the matter
and says something which is contrary to
the basic beliefs of Islam, it will be
treated as innovation. Like Wahhabis say
that Allah (SWT) has hands, eyes. This
kind of statements are against the fact
of the matter, therefore are innovation
in the religion. Actually, it is
more than innovation, it is Shirk.
Recently I talked to a
ReplyDeletefriend of mine who visited my house,
and explained that certain person,
who he considers his icon, his guide and
may be his Murshid, belongs to
Ahle Hadith Sect. He reacted
sharply. When I mentioned
some of the beliefs of his icon,
particularly supporting of Yazid at the
expense of Imam Hussain (RU), he tried
to defend his icon by so many
arguments. When I persisted
to know his personal views about Yazid,
he started defending Yazid with all
possible information he had. When
I asked him,' is it true that Ahle
Hadith sect is actually the name of
Salafis in India', he was furious and
started explaining the literal/textual
meanings of Ahle Hadith saying
‘we are all the followers of
Sunnah’ and so on. I
could gather from our conversation
that my friend has joined Ahle Hadith
sect long time ago, but does not want to
accept it openly.
The purpose of mentioning this episode
is to portray the situation of Muslim
homes. If there are 5 members in a
family, each of them has become victim
of a different sect. Can anyone
say that all members of this family will
get salvation on the Day of
Judgment? The answer is an
emphatic ‘NO”.
Because, as per the Hadith of 73 Sects
(Tirmizi), at least 4 or may all of them
will be thrown into hell fire on the Day
of Judgment.
All Muslim sects, though they have sharp
opposing views on basic faith of Islam,
try to present themselves as Ahle Sunnah
Wal Jama’at. I do not
understand this tendency. They
know that their beliefs are totally in
contrast with traditional Ahle Sunnah
Wal Jama’a, then why they
want themselves to be known as Ahle
Sunnah? They are afraid of
Whom? Why this hypocrisy?
If you are the follower
of Salafi, Wahhabi, Shia,
Deobandi, Tabhleegi,
Jama’at-e-Islami, etc., say it
openly. First say that you belong
to certain group, then you can say that
your group is on the right path.
Why do you need to react and get angry
when someone draws your attention
towards the basic faith of your
sect? Why do you try to convince
innocent Muslims of your sect’s
beliefs hiding your own identity?
This type of political mind set and
polemic strategy will not work
with Allah (SWT). In Allah’s
(SWT) Court on the Day of Judgment, you
will be either a Muslim or
Non-Muslim. You cannot convince
Allah (SWT) of your sects beliefs as
truthful Islamic faith by hiding your
identity. Allah (SWT) knows that
out of 73 major sects and innumerable
groups of Muslims, only one is on the
right path. And that one group
will go to Jannah and the rest will be
thrown into Hell fire permanently.
Therefore, you should know that your
sect’s chances of being on the
right path are less than 1%.
Wake up my dear brothers and sisters
ReplyDeletefrom your deep slumber. Your optimism
has no base. You have self
attested yourselves as truthful
Muslims. You are spending
your life in propagating your
sect’s faith and practices among
people without realizing that what you
are doing is wrong. Not only you
are in danger, but you are becoming a
source of spreading faithlessness and
misconceptions about Islam in
society. Because of you, so many
others people will also suffer on the
Day of Judgment.
This is a brotherly advice.
Do not argue as politicians do.
Religion is not a political field where
everyone tries to dominate the other, by
hook or by crook, and try to
get leadership of the community and form
a Government.
Religion is submission to Allah (SWT)
and His Apostle (SAWS). Submit
yourself to the truthful faith of Islam
and pass in your life’s exam and
get rewarded in Hereafter.
The issue is not which school of thought
you follow. The real issue is your
salvation. If you chose a belief which
is contrary to truthful Islamic beliefs,
you will be thrown into Hell fire
permanently. Remember, your
chances of being on the right path are
less than 1%. Prophet Mohammad
(SAWS) Hadith (Tirmizi) of 73 sects
clearly specifies this fact.
As we are close to Qiyamah, it is
the time of tribulation. Thousands
of wrong theories about Islamic
faith are in circulation. People
are changing faith as they change their
cloths. Muslim society is in
the state of huge turmoil. Don't
allow the dacoits, goons and robbers of
faith to snatch your Islamic faith.
They arespread everywhere in the
guise of good Muslims. They have long
beards, wear Islamic clothes, talk
fluently on Islamic subjects,
misinterpret Quranic verses and Ahadith
to misguide innocent Muslims. They
look very religious and pious, their
faces show a prominent mark of Salah on
forehead, they perform prayers as no one
does, their convincing style is
exclusive, their Da'wa language looks
very sweet to the ear, but their words
are like poisonous arrows that wounds
the Islamic faith of the people. Prophet
Mohammad (SAWS) has warned Muslims to be
away from them.
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