london786 wrote:
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A mere observation,
I think the former day scholars were still better academically and spiritually, reason being if it weren't for their works then we simply wouldn't have the such superb commentaries and other works we have today on Ahadith etc by Deobandi Ulema such as Shaykh Zakariyya Khandlevi rahimullah, its like comparing him to Imam Hajar Asqalani rahimullah and other giants of Ahadith . Plus what era they belonged to will also play a part too, so simply their is no comparison with the predecessors and such a comparison would be unjust and uncalled for.
Another example, It's like saying today that Taleemul Haqq is better than Nur-ul Idah.
Without the former scholars and their expertise there simply wouldn't be today the expertise, the proficiency, the various interprettaions, the understanding that we see. I also think this is where a lot of the new sects made errors too, the brelviyyah and their exaggerations, the salafis and their dryness and total lack of spirituality, the azhari's and their modernistic approach even though the way of the past scholars wasn't like this at all, basically the left the way of the early scholars hence the issues etc. The one's who didn't produced great works after them obviously complimented by the works of the old.
Those who come after them say, "Our Rabb! Forgive us and our brothers who passed before us with Imaan. And do not place any impurity in our hearts against those who have Imaan. O our Rabb! Indeed You are the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. al-Hashar:10
Allah knows best
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