Asslamo Allaikum,
The answers to all of the objections raised on Sunniforum are as follows, I am banned so if someone wants to post it that's fine:
- Purpose: The purpose of the blog was to highlght that all areas of Deen (Darul-ulooms, Tassawuff & Tableegh) have deficiencies and if the Ulamah and (particularly) laymen don’t criticise others such as Darul-ulooms and Tassawuff publicly then why criticiseTJ publicly?
- Tassawuff in TJ: The second point mentioned in the blog that many of the Ulamah in TJ have Khilafah from the same Akabir as Tassawuff eg Shaykh (Maulana) Ihsan Saheb (HA) for starters has Khilafah from Shaykhul-Hadeeth (Maulana) Zakariyya (RA) so to say TJ somehow lacks in Tassawuff (Tazkiyyah) is not placing the blame on Tableeghi elders but placing the blame on those who gave them Khilafah
- Authority in TJ: The third point in the blog was that there are Uamah and Mashaykh in Tableeghi Jamaat just as Darul-ulooms and Tassawuff so if the laymen are not allowed to criticise Darul-ulooms and Tassawuff then why are they allowed to express displeasure, critique and condemn Tableeghi Jamaat tactics?
- Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA):
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Shaykh Mufti Ibn Adam (HA) has decided to partially take the words of Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) on Tableeghi Jamaat and use facebook as a medium which the very same Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) passionately disapproves and calls for a boycott so the discrepancy is highlighte
- Shaykh Mufti Ibn Adam (HA) has discussed the matter publicly on facebook so the matter is replied to him publicly
- Why now? Becuse he stopped dialogue on facebook, he refused to discuss the matter any other way and there was no choice left but to address the matter?
- Why does someone need to discuss this? Because in UK (as being a Non-Muslim country) there is a genuine need to protect the Eemaan of Muslims and Tableeghi Jamaat does have an impact (and no one in their right mind can deny it) and Shaykh Mufti Ibn Adam (RA) has given ammunition to:
- Ahl-e-Hadeeth
- Salafees
- Barelwees
- etc etc etc
- What is the point? Because Shaykh Mufti Ibn Adam (HA) DOES NOT address any other discrepancy in any other area of Islamic work (which he is well aware) but in case of Tableeghi Jamaat he has chosen to address it publicly and in a rant like manner (which is still visible even after heavy editing on facebook)
- Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) compared to Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA)? Hazrat (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA) equally offers advice for Darul-ulooms and Tassawuff so would Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA) discuss Darul-uloom Bury (his institute) or his father or his Shaykh and offer them advice on facebook involving a bunch of laymen? Why not? And that’s the point of raising this!
- Tableeghi Extremism by the blogger: It is mentioned right at the start that the blogger is neither a Tableeghi nor associated with the work so its clear that people havn't read what has been written
- Outcome & Judgement of Ulamah? This matter that the platform and the method of Tableeghi cricitism employed by Shaykh Mufti Ibn Adam (HA) was unjustified and it has been accepted by Ulamah due to the blog which raised the issue again since it wasn't addressed.
- Disrespect for Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA)? This is in the minds of SF fanatics, Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA) raised an issue on facebook obviously for laymen consumption and a laymen has responded which doesn’t use Facebook as per the Fatwa of Shaykh (Mufti) Taqi Usmani (HA). If the SF fanatics can show or point out text allegedly or factually disrespecting Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA) please do so
If the issue isn't resolved and a person feels that it needs to highlighted then it can be resurrected decades later, forget 5 months.
What people are choosing to focus on is the “authority” and “propensity” of a laymen questioning a Mufti openly this has been conveyed to SF Moderators and Shaykh (Mufti) Abu Hajira (HA) privately as its none of the business of the laymen and it has been subtly hinted by Shaykh (Mufti) Abu Hajira (HA) but this matter is not open for discussion.
Lastly Shaykh (Mufti) Abu Hajira (HA) and others have asked as to why Ulamah have responded to a blog now and not 5 months earlier, that’s a question for the Ulamah and I guess that someone must have brought the blog to their attention as they are not on facebook, don’t know.
The main point of the blog was 1 and Shaykh (Mufti) Ibn Adam (HA) was mentioned as a seconday or even tertiary issue and the whole blog has been removed as the request of Ulamah and conveyed to SF Mods/Admins publicly and privately but they have chosen to carry on with the discussion
Disclaimer: This post doesn't reflect the views of Muftisays (ofcourse) and I am not part of their Shura or Admin/Mod team etc.