Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Imam Abu Hamid alGhazali and Sufism HD

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The importance of Sufism and the presence of Islam-IA-, Islam-ism movement are discussed. The struggles of a woman namedudeja to become a powerful scholar and major member of the Islam-IA- movement are also highlighted. The discussion then shifts to a Greek scholar named Hamur Rizzoli, who had a history of criticisms and a focus on science and religion, but eventually chose a position as a Greek scholar. The discussion concludes with a discussion of the scholar's history of criticisms and his focus on science and religion, but ultimately mastered the field.

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			One man came along, and he did
something that popularized the
		
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			past to Allah subhanaw taala. Like
a focus on the past, not just
		
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			nominal worship.
		
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			Some of you may be thinking when
people were believers, yes, they
		
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			were believers, but nominal
believers, the focus wasn't on the
		
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			hereafter as much as it should be.
I don't know what we would say
		
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			today. I don't think it's the case
today either.
		
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			So, one man came along 450 Hijiri.
And he had some personal
		
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			experiences. He died at 505 at the
age of 55 only, but with his, with
		
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			with him, he is
		
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			considered to be the man that
popularized Sufism among the
		
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			masses, made it acceptable for
them, because the way he explained
		
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			these things, you have to remember
many of the Sufi spoken allusions.
		
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			They spoke in allusions in very
high kind of language. So for the
		
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			common folk, it was very difficult
for them to understand that and
		
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			until now, there was no formal
shake, married relationship. There
		
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			were no tricks until now, fifth
century until Imam Ghazali died,
		
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			there were hardly any formal
techniques. In fact, none they
		
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			began afterwards. So we're still
talking about early times, fifth
		
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			century, sixth century coming
sixth century. Imam Ghazali, Imam
		
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			Hassan, Mohammed Al Hassan Hoja,
to Islam, who died in 505, which
		
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			is 1111 Gregorian. He is the one
who is considered responsible for
		
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			turning people's attention to the
yearning of Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			Because of the way he described
his magnum opus, which is the hero
		
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			Rumi Dean in numerous volumes, the
way he explained this, which is
		
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			called the Revival of the
Religious Sciences. He was
		
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			obviously not one who was born
into Sufism.
		
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			He obviously his father, his
father died at a young age and he
		
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			was looked after by somebody else,
and his mother, and he and his
		
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			brother, his brother was a very
famous Sufi, amateur Kozani,
		
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			right.
		
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			Who was who who faced very
prominently in the Sufi circles as
		
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			well, but Sheikh Mohammed Al
Ghazali. He was into the sciences
		
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			first, and it's famous about him
that he was into the science first
		
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			and he became such a great
scholar, because he was ingenuous.
		
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			He was remarkable in his
understanding and in his memory
		
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			and in everything that he became.
		
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			He was put into the highest place
that any scholar could be put, and
		
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			they had one vizier, whose name
was nirvana. He was known as
		
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			Muhammad Wilk. He was Shafi and he
established a series of colleges,
		
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			universities, when in Nisa ward or
Nisha pool, another one in
		
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			Baghdad, and Shiraz and other
areas. The Barnard one, you know,
		
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			like we have Harvard today, Yale,
we have Oxford, Cambridge, the
		
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			Baghdad one was the center of
learning, but that was the center
		
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			of the caliphate. This is where
many of the scholars flocked you
		
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			had some good scholars there. Imam
Rizzoli was originally from Persia
		
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			from tus, which is in Iran today.
But he went to Baghdad as well.
		
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			And people recognize and remember,
he's very young. He died at the
		
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			age of 55. And he left everything
for at least 1112 years, and then
		
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			some more years after that. So
this was probably when he was 30,
		
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			something he became the top
scholar of the country of the
		
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			Islamic lands, coveted position,
everybody wanted that position. He
		
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			got it. And he started, and his
crisis was different because the
		
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			thing about him was that he was
		
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			many people, if we study
something, we will study it with a
		
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			bias. And I'm not trying to do
that here. I'm trying my best,
		
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			right? But it's very difficult for
people to completely shut
		
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			everything that you know about
something and to study it. Most
		
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			people can't do it. What he did
was, he said I came to a crisis in
		
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			my faith. I didn't know what to
believe.
		
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			You know about Allah subhanho wa
taala. He says there were three
		
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			main groups that were prominent my
time, the Sufis, the bhakti
		
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			knights and the Philosopher's
		
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			most Muslim philosophers that
taken from the Greek philosophy,
		
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			the new Neoplatonist
		
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			he said, I studied each one of
these groups, the bottom knights,
		
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			they talked about some inner
reading hidden hidden reading of
		
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			the Quran. So they wouldn't take
it says a people Salah established
		
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			the prey, they wouldn't take that.
They would say oh, it means
		
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			something else in between so they
could write and it was a highly
		
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			secretive kind of arcane cult.
These are the bounty knights
		
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			Write Hamdulillah we don't we no
longer have a formal group call
		
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			about unites. But that was the
assumption. So I mean, it's only
		
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			the imam who knows the true
understanding and you have to be
		
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			in, you have to be entered into
the, into this group to be able to
		
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			learn that he says that can't be
the right way. So he began to
		
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			study these things. And I'm not
encouraging this for all of us.
		
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			Because I don't think most of us
could handle that kind of thing.
		
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			Right? But he said, I stripped my
mind of all beliefs. I was in a
		
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			crisis. And I went and studied
this, I found that this couldn't
		
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			be it. Then I studied the Sufis.
		
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			And I studied the philosophy says,
in two years, despite my busy
		
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			schedule, in my free time, I
studied all of the books of the
		
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			philosophers. And then he wrote a
book called The exposition, the
		
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			more classical philosophy.
		
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			Right, the main objectives of the
philosophers, it was such a great
		
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			book that was written in such a
neutral way, that one, that the
		
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			later even Christian philosophers
consider him to be among the
		
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			Muslim philosophers, because they
think he's his contribution is
		
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			great. Then after that, when he
found out that it's a lot of
		
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			incoherence in there, they say one
thing, but they can't, it can't be
		
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			really true, because there's
somebody else that contradicts it.
		
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			There's no absolute truth in
there. Then he wrote the Daffodil
		
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			philosopher, the incoherence of
the philosophers. And in there, he
		
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			did what no other scholar until
now had done, because the
		
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			philosophy was coming into the
Muslim circles. And there were
		
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			people who are taking him on like
Hypno, Sina, Al farabi. And one of
		
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			the, one of the roses, and none of
the Muslim scholars were able to,
		
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			to oppose it properly. Because
they hadn't studied, he studied
		
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			it. And then the way he wrote
about it, he says, I can't
		
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			understand look at look at the
demeaning way, he writes what he
		
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			says, I can't understand how these
people even can come to this
		
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			conclusion, even a young child
would not come to this conclusion.
		
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			So not only did he defend the
Arizona, the orthodoxy against
		
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			this, he ridiculed them. He
ridiculed them. And so then he
		
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			discovered that that's not the way
he said, if there is any way it's
		
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			the way of the Sufis. He said, I
wanted to leave my position,
		
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			because then I started recognizing
that I'm doing all of this for
		
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			show, I'm in the highest position,
I'm the most celebrated scholar,
		
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			you know, and he started saying
that this was all for vain glory,
		
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			and best arrogance and consult
concedes, and there's no class.
		
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			And he said, I had this internal
dilemma. Now I had my faith. I
		
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			knew what I was longing for. But I
had to get out of this position,
		
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			but I couldn't, you've got to
position is difficult to leave a
		
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			position. He says, Allah made it
easy for me. He inflicted me with
		
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			a calamity that I was unable to
speak. If you are wanting to give
		
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			Bruce if you want to teach to one
of the great scholars of the time,
		
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			and you can't speak anymore,
that's a calamity for you. But he
		
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			said that that helped me finally
make up my because I used to make
		
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			up my mind. But then I used to
break it. Finally, this time when
		
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			this happened, I realized that I
had to leave this. He left it
		
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			people were like, Why are you
leaving this?
		
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			People couldn't understand what I
was doing was crazy for anybody to
		
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			do. Because it was it was
considered the highest position.
		
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			He went, he left. He stayed for
about 10 to 11 years. Nobody knows
		
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			exactly what he did during those
times. We know he went to
		
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			Jerusalem, stayed there for a long
time he went to the hot I mean, he
		
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			stayed there for a while. And a
lot of the time he spent in
		
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			Damascus in the jungle movie, in a
room there. This is when he wrote
		
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			the review. He says this is where
Allah opened up many things to me.
		
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			This is when I got my realization.
When I got my enlightenment,
		
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			that's when he wrote that held
within the Revival of the
		
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			Religious Sciences. He comes back
finally, and he doesn't want to
		
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			take the position that he's being
forced to. Finally he agreed to do
		
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			some teaching close to his
hometown and took on some
		
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			students. And then he wrote a
number of other books, the
		
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			beginning of guidance, he wrote
the Moscato Anwar, he wrote, but
		
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			his book The revival of the
religion sciences health routine,
		
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			is the one that popularized the
soul of the way he explains this.
		
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			He's a Persian, highly articulate,
he's considered one of the his
		
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			literary literature is studied in
the history of Arabic literature.
		
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			And you should read it he's a
psychologist, the way he speaks
		
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			the way he explains things
absolutely fantastic. Yes, there
		
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			are criticisms on him ignore Tamia
ignore Josie number of these
		
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			scholars have criticized aspects
of his work. Basically, their
		
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			criticism is that he's mentioning
things in there which are
		
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			difficult for other people to
understand. And they, according to
		
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			them, it's extreme things. Right.
The science is such that the
		
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			science is he's mentioned a lot of
weak Hadith no doubt he does write
		
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			some fabricated narrations in in
the book as well. No doubt that
		
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			those are there. He wasn't a
hadith scholar. He actually
		
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			started Hadith after studying
Hadith. Afterwards, on his way
		
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			back, he died with a copy of Sahil
Barrios
		
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			something on his chest. He went
into Hadees study afterwards.
		
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			Right? So
		
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			that's difficult for us to
understand today because most of
		
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			the focus of for example, a
subcontinent mother says on
		
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			Hadith, not as much on Tafseer,
for example, or anarchy that even
		
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			for that matter, hadith is very
strong.
		
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			But when it comes to Aki that, you
know, serious theology, and
		
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			serious tafsir, you know, it's not
as strong as the Hadith, but
		
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			that's just the way it is, you
know, we're human beings and we
		
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			can't become it's very difficult
to master everything on a mass
		
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			level.
		
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			Right. So his focus had been, his
focus had been something
		
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			different. But now he started
mastering Hadith. And he
		
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			popularized basically what
scholars say is that he guaranteed
		
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			Sufism, an official place in
orthodox Islam, alongside law and
		
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			theology, just like Aikido was a
subject. And Fick became a subject
		
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			Hadees studies was another
science, the soul became a
		
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			subject. That's why if you look at
many of the books, they will have
		
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			a section on the solf
unfortunately, now, you don't see
		
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			many of these books, you know,
things have been stripped off
		
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			them, and I'll explain why that
came about. You'll understand from
		
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			the rest of our discussion when
all of this came about