Protecting one's honour

[QUOTE=mmb786]Being a FAN and a FOLLOWER is two different things. Its entirely unrelated. You can love, respect, admire and DEFEND a person, despite not following him.

I fail to understand how a person (this post is NOT directed at anybody in particular) can have difficulty understanding this. [/QUOTE]

We follow Imam Abu Haneefa (RA) and disagree with Imam Shaf'ae (RA) but we neither curse him, nor we accuse him of slander nor we chase him with filthy tongues. We merely articulate our difference and disagreement with the utmost respect, honour and diginity and move on.

A 18 year old young Darul-uloom student sits on the mimbar and during a Dars disagrees with Imam Shaf'ae (RA) openly and candidly, nobody questions his right, nobody abuses him, nobody reviles him and nobody abuses him!

This is Islamic Academic pedigree, the opposite is "Hazrat Worship"

[QUOTE=Akaabir] Like brother deoband says ~ understanding the hikmah behind a fatwa is not a crime![/QUOTE]

1. Similarly in the worst case scenario NOT understanding the Hikmah behind a Fatwa is neither a crime nor a sin.
2. Disagreeing with a Fatwa is ALSO neither a crime nor a sin.
3. Claims of understanding the Hikmah behind a Fatwa is no certainty of actually understaning a Fatwa.
4. And what is the status of reading a Fatwa, understanding it and then turning away from it?

Assalamualaikum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuh,

Respected Mufti Sahib,


I will first start by introducing about a forum on the internet, called "sunni forum," the website is : www.sunniforum.com.


The forum is run by a Shura, consisting of 'Deobandi' muftis, 'alims, 'alimahs, and non 'alims. The forum has allowed discussion between men and women on topics ranging from Shari'a to politics and global situation. Personal matters like asking for advice are also discussed. Personalities like Junaid Jamshed are also discussed. The nature of these discussions is such that the users do not know each other, the do not see each other, cannot contact each other and cannot send private messages.


But still discussions between the opposite gender takes place which is most of the time unnecessary. Sometimes Light jokes are shared and taken place.


Also, Sometimes, the discussion goes out of fold of Islamic discussion, leading to unnecessary communication being made, where non-mehram users on the forum show emotion to others publicly. for example an old male member announced leaving the forum and sisters expressed their grief that we are sad you are leaving. Your posts are very beneficial. Sisters give duas personally like brother fulan, may Allah bless you in dunia and akhirat.


And out of all this happening, the shura of the forum agrees this is permitted in their view. They say that general online Islamic discussions are allowed between non mehrams. They use sahabiyyat as daleel that sahaba used to learn Islam from Sahabiyaat.


We always heard from our akabireen that uneccessary talks between non-mehram is not permissible, and this is the first time we are seeing that on the internet, a shura on the forum claims that online Islamic discussion between non-merahm is allowed in shariat…


My questions are ...

1 – Is this type of forum allowed in shariat?

2 – Are the shura correct in allowing this to happen? Is this claim right that general online discussion between non-mehram is allowed in shariat?

3 – What is the definition of need in shariat to allow the non-mehram to contact others and to what limts?

4 - What advice and caution will you give about the sunni forum?

Jazakallah,


Assalamualaikum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM

5 Muharram 1434 (19 November 2012)

Respected Muhtaram,

Your e-mail dated 18 November 2012 refers.

(1) The ‘Sunni Forum’ is a forum of the juhala who are entrapped in the snare of shaitaan. The activities of this stupid forum are haraam. It is not permissible to have such a lewd forum, especially when it is billed as an ‘Islamic’ forum.

(2) The shura of this forum is securely in the tentacles of shaitaan. Shaitaan has opened up a novel way of zina for the morons operating this forum and for those participating in the deception.

(3) Dhururat (Dire Need) which permits talk between ghair mahrams is a need without which life becomes extremely difficult. Examples of such need are doctor and patient when there is no doctor of the same sex available; Qaadhi listening to evidence or testimony of a woman; a woman has no mahram male to do her essential shopping, and any other real/dire need such as an emergency.

When the Fuqaha have prohibited even offering Salaam to a woman or vice versa, then one can easily understand the shaitaaniyat of this drivel forum presented with an ‘islamic’ façade.

(4) Our advice is that no one should participate in this haraam forum which is a stepping stone for zina. The Qur’aan states: “And do not come near to zina.” This forum is an introductory step for zina

Was-salaam

A.S. Desai