Turkish and Arabic

Sisters,

I mean no disrespect at all and I apologise beforehand if I come across as rude. It is not my intention.

I find (from first-hand experience) many Turkish Ulama and Mashaykh lacking in-depth knowledge of classical knowledge of Qur’aan & Sunnah and the original classical rulings of Hanafi Fiqh. They mostly rely on sayings of Imam Rabbani (RA) and (lately) Ilmul-Haal.

This has created a very serious drawback with Turkish classical Scholarship and also opened doors of Ta’weel (interpretation) which are unwarranted. Shaykh (Imam) Sai’d Nursi (RA) was a superb and splendid personality but some of his Ta’weel (interpretation) in Rasail-i-Nur conflict with classical (and orthodox) interpretation of the Qur’aan. I read it years ago so cannot quote you much at this point.

Due to this (distance) with classical interpretation of Qur’aan & Sunnah and the original classical rulings of Hanafi Fiqh every few decades people keep coming up in Turkey who present something new (in a nice shiny package) and it takes off; the latest (and tragic) is Harun Yahya. Anyone with classical knowledge of Qur’aan & Sunnah and the original classical rulings of Hanafi Fiqh would have INSTANTLY KNOWN that his interpretation of Mahdi (HA) is wacked!

Turks also are fascinated by the coming events of Mahdi (HA) and their Sufiya and Ulama continue to come out with books from (Istanbul) library which has narrations which are extremely weak (to fabricated). There are youtube videos of “Mahdi talks” by Sufees who quote Turkish manuscripts (for Hadeeth) and create a whole Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator stories, you can listen to the talk by a (British) Scholar from Liverpool to hear what I am saying…

I suggest that you study the Hanafi Fiqh in a classical manner yourself, Insha’Allah.