Archive for July, 2010

A Query Regarding the Barelwis

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
July 31, 2010
A Query Regarding the Barelwis

What does the shaykh, may Allah protect him, say regarding the Barelwi group, as this group is not found in our lands and I have not found a book in Arabic on them except a book by one of the 'ulama of Najd. I found him unjust with those who are not Barelwi and so I have not relied on his judgment and what he has quoted. Hence, it is hoped their situation is explained, for people are among those who are in extreme...
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The Cosmic Significance of the Descent of ‘Isa (peace be upon him)

By Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani
July 28, 2010
The Cosmic Significance of the Descent of ‘Isa (peace be upon him)

Know that when Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) intended to manifest the attribute of His grace (in'am) and vengeance (intiqam), He created the creation and put it into categories. Thus, he created the fountains of faith and guidance from a species other than man, and they are the Angels, and from the species of man, and they are the Prophets and Messengers (Allah's blessings and His peace be on them all); and He created the mines of disbelief and deviance from a species...
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Unacceptable Narrator Criticism in the Science of Hadith

By 'Allamah 'Abd al-Hayy al-Lakhnawi
July 24, 2010
Unacceptable Narrator Criticism in the Science of Hadith

If jarh (narrator criticism) is issued due to partisanship, enmity, loathing, or the likes, then it is rejected, and only he who is rejected relies on it. In light of this, the statement of Imam Malik regarding Muhammad ibn Ishaq, the author of Al-Maghazi, that he is a dajjal from amongst the dajjals, was not accepted, since it is known that it stemmed from clear animosity. Rather, they (the imams of jarh wa ta'dil) affirmed that he was hasan al-hadith (an acceptable narrator),...
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The Concept of Bid’ah in the Shari’ah

By Shaykh al-Islam Mawlana Shabbir Ahmad 'Uthmani
July 22, 2010
The Concept of Bid’ah in the Shari’ah

The upshot is that legal bid'ah is an invented matter which does not have substantiation from the four sources of the religion, while believing it to be from the religion, and something in which one expects to be rewarded from Allah and gain good deeds. According to this, whatever the Lawgiver commanded as an obligation or recommendation of seeking knowledge, memorising it, spreading it, supporting the religion, defending it, purifying the souls and refining them, if its compliance in this age is dependent on...
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A call to Deobandi-Barelwi unity — Fatwas from two leading Deobandi institutes

By the 'Ulama of Deoband and Saharanpur
July 18, 2010
A call to Deobandi-Barelwi unity — Fatwas from two leading Deobandi institutes

What say the scholars of the faith and muftis of the firm Shari’ah about the following matter. For almost the past two years this difference is increasing day by day and the people associated with the elders of Deoband are being divided into two factions. Therefore, guide us by writing a detailed answer that is supported with proofs and with references to books to the following issues: Is the Deobandi and Barelwi difference of a peripheral nature (furu’i) or of a fundamental (usuli) nature and...
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Is it a condition for the Imam to be from Quraysh?

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
July 18, 2010
Is it a condition for the Imam to be from Quraysh?

"People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter: the Muslims among them to the Muslims among them, and the disbelievers among them to the disbelievers among them." (Sahih Muslim) His statement "from Abu Hurayrah": this hadith was transmitted by al-Bukhari in the beginning of Kitab al-Manaqib (no. 3495) and it was also transmitted by Ahmad in his Musnad (2:243, 261, 395, 433). His statement "People are subservient to Quraysh in this matter": the 'ulama adduced this as proof that Qurayshi ...
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