Imaan / 'Aqaaid

QUESTION:
As Salam Walikum, Questions regarding Taqleed, Ijtihad & Madahabs


1. When answering this issue in the past you?ve used both logic & Quran/Hadith. But when explaining to many people i.e. 'Ahl-Hadith' 'Salafis', they reject any type of logic. When you corner them, they say this deen is not based on logic. And they have their own interpretations of the Quranic verses & Hadith which you quote in regards to taqleed. So please can you provide me with quotes & names of renowned scholars whom they too accept from the early centuries who have said a)Taqleed is wajib on the layman. b)Wajib to stick to the opinion of one imam. c)Wajib to follow 1 of the 4 schools of thought. (Please be as detailed as possible).

2. They say it?s incorrect to claim it is wajib to follow a madhab because this means those who are not will be at a state of sin and will go hellfire. How do I respond to this?

3. It seems that there are no Hanafi ulema active in helping us in this issue? There are only a few books in English we can resort to, other than that we have no support from the onslaught of the salafi dawah. Only recently in our locality we were condemned for praying 20 Rak?ats for Tarawih which according to them is a ?REPREHENSIBLE BIDAH?. Most of us do not have the time or capability to research into depth regarding each & every controversial issue of Fiqh the salafis bring up & we can?t seek help directly from Hanafi ulema as they are not as available as the salafi imams in Greater London. Hanafi imams in our locality seem to be quiet in this issue and as a result the salafis are harassing many & have dulled many people.

JAZAKALLAH KHAIR

Bismillah....
Asalam Alakum muslim bro n sis,
i was just wondering wut u think of shia muslims, as i myself am a shia
but i find many muslims looking at shia in a very negative way, so my question is r shia muslims(since many ppl claim that they r not)?

Also a sis asked on this site if it halal to eat from shia zabeha and the bro said no its not halal can u plz explain y
thank u
Jazakum ALLAH Khair Al-Jaza
wsalam

asalaam u alaikum

what is the deoband response to the claim made that allah has the power to against his will and imkaane kizb (mufti rasheed ganghoi). i accept that all is all power and can do what he wants but how far do we take that.

is the following claim true or false

"It is satisfying to say "Laa'Illaaha il-lal Laahu Ashraf Ali Rasool-ul-Laah" and "Al-Laahumma Salli 'Ala Saiyyidina Nabiyina Ashraf Ali" and there is no harm in saying so."

Deobandi Reference:
Risaalah Al lmdad, page 35) for the month of S. afar 1336 A.H.; and proceedings of a Munuazirah (religious debate) in Gaya, Al Furqaan, volume 3, page 85.

Salaam

What happens to all the kids & babies(including non-muslims) that die before they reach 12/13 years old. Do they go to heaven? or only the muslims.

Jazakallah

Salaam

Every major & minor sign has gone or is happening this very moment. The major sign that is 2 happen next is Imam Mehdi 2 come. If u look at what is happening in the World, muslims countries being invaded or puppet goverments, how sinful the whole world is. This is the sort of climate Imam Mehdi is suppose 2 come. After 9/11 things are moving very fast & i've heard Imam Mehdi could come in 30 years times if not sooner. Even though nobody knows exactly when this well happen, could u give a rough estimate when he could come e.g. like 15,20,25 years from now.

Also when Imam Mehdi comes, helps the muslims/sorts out the world a bit. Will he then die & then later Dajjal appears, then Isa A.S returns & kills him or will Imam Mehdi be around when Dajjal appears & will Isa A.S. & Imam Mehdi fight together 2 destroy Dajjal & is followers.

Jazakallah

Is "Reliance of the Traveller" a good resource? How does the Shafi'i madhab differ from other ones?

Assalamu alaykum

in the question 'some ulama' in one answer you wrote about a talk by Shaikh Abdullah Faisal.. I was wondering if all his talks are permissible to lisn to and/ or reliable or authentic.. i ask because i've heard he is a salafi.
Also i just wanted to ask about Shaykh Anwar Al Awlaki as i have seen his sets in lots of islamic shops but havnt bought any as i dont kno if he is relible and authentic.. Many people say to em he is Salafi so avoid whereas another told me he is a shafi with some hanbali views... so its ok.. Could you clarify whether he is reliable ?

I have however listened to his Story of Ibn Al Akwa .. the study of the jihad fiqh book and i didnt find anything wrong in it and he spoke highly of the 4 schools and didnt say anything bad about them...

If you have heard this set... did you find anything wrong in it?

Jazakallah

Are all the Ruhs free to travel anywhere and contact the living? And can the living establish contact with any Ruh? Can you please shed some light in this area?

Assalam aleykum !

I would like to take baya with shaykh ahmed zulfiqar. What do you think of this shaykh?
Thank you for your help. Wasalam aleykum

assalamualaykum
respected moulana saab i want to ask
"what is more important for me to take bayah to a sheikh and try he can make my personal islah or is it better for me to do a 40 days tableegh jamat visit i am not against tagbleeh jamat i use to go myself in this path but 1 moulana whos bayan was b4 jumuah namaaz moulana saeed of queens rd walthamstow he said in that bayan for everyone it is important to try to do company of pious and to make tawbah at shaikh hand and make him spiritual healer he said this is a way to nearness Allah happiness.1 more thing is some young tableegh brothers in our masjid is always telling us to go murkaz when we go norwood and they say markuz more importance.
and he say Allah walai ke suhbut is so much important he said this and did a big enphasize on bayah is how much so important.plz help i am seking ur opinion shukran.
safwaan

Assalamu alaykum

What does the deobandi scholars belief? Is the Deobandis part of the Sunnis?

If someone has seen a Sahabah Jinn in this day, is he classified as a tabieen?

Is Shaykh Al Albani a deviant, and why?

Please explain the conflict between Taqleed and Ijtihad

Assalamu alaiykum,
This is a question regarding a concept portrayed by the author in question, Harun Yahya, in many of his works, that nothing in reality is real except the being of Allah (swt) and that everthing else apart from the "Real" (Allah), is just an illusion created in our heads.
Please shed some light.

Wassalam

Salaams

can you tell me what is wrong with this group, and why shouldn't I join?

I have a question which i want to be answered please if you can.
Okay, so this gal at skool askd dis question n i kind of knew da answer but i didn't want 2 say netin rong so now i'm askin ne1 i can for an answer. neways, dis is how my conversation went wid my friend maryam:

Maryam: i hav had dis question in my mind dat keeps bugging me. It s dat Allah (swt) has said dat whoever doeas bad in dis world den he will go 2 hel but Allah (swt) chooses if we r 2 b gud or bad in dis world right. So if it was ritten in r destiny dat we do bad den in dis world we will do naafarmaan n disobey Allah (swt) and do bad. So deres a man 2 be born n in his destiny it was ritten dat he do bad. He's born, he grows up, and as it was ritten 4 him, he does bad. It wasn't his choice dat he do bad, it was ritten 4 him. He didn't choose really, Allah (swt) chose. So since he dun bad, he will go 2 jahannum 4 doin all dem bad tings as sed in the qur'aan. Surely, he didn't get a chance 2 do good or bad.
So I told dis gal dat well really, i had dis same conversation wid sum1 a few days ago. They sed dat really, u should never go towards dis topic about destiny. But I also told her dat I will insha'Allah tell her more if I find netin about it. Can ne1 help?

25 November, 2004

The Mufti,

Salaams,

In our country there is a group of Muslims who say:
1 Hazrat Eesa (as) is not coming back
2 That Sura 19 of Al Qur?an should be removed
3 Hadith was for ?back then? and not for today
4 The women need not cover their aura
5 Individuals could interpret the Qur?an for themselves.

This group also has a live band for Eid, nikah and other celebrations.

Is it permissible to continue associating with these Muslims for Eid and other occasions to ?keep the unity of the Deen??


Sincerely,

Ashmead M. Ali
Secretary
Islamic Center of Bermuda.


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QUESTION:
As Salam Walikum, Questions regarding Taqleed, Ijtihad & Madahabs


1. When answering this issue in the past you?ve used both logic & Quran/Hadith. But when explaining to many people i.e. 'Ahl-Hadith' 'Salafis', they reject any type of logic. When you corner them, they say this deen is not based on logic. And they have their own interpretations of the Quranic verses & Hadith which you quote in regards to taqleed. So please can you provide me with quotes & names of renowned scholars whom they too accept from the early centuries who have said a)Taqleed is wajib on the layman. b)Wajib to stick to the opinion of one imam. c)Wajib to follow 1 of the 4 schools of thought. (Please be as detailed as possible).

2. They say it?s incorrect to claim it is wajib to follow a madhab because this means those who are not will be at a state of sin and will go hellfire. How do I respond to this?

3. It seems that there are no Hanafi ulema active in helping us in this issue? There are only a few books in English we can resort to, other than that we have no support from the onslaught of the salafi dawah. Only recently in our locality we were condemned for praying 20 Rak?ats for Tarawih which according to them is a ?REPREHENSIBLE BIDAH?. Most of us do not have the time or capability to research into depth regarding each & every controversial issue of Fiqh the salafis bring up & we can?t seek help directly from Hanafi ulema as they are not as available as the salafi imams in Greater London. Hanafi imams in our locality seem to be quiet in this issue and as a result the salafis are harassing many & have dulled many people.

JAZAKALLAH KHAIR

could you please define momati and also is it permisible to pray salat behind the imam