Ahmad Kutty – Giants of Islamic Civilization AlIz Ibn AbdulSalam Prt#2
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Once again, we ask Allah subhanaw taala to bless us in this endeavor
and increase our knowledge and honor us to act upon what we
learn, sure that our knowledge becomes a source of blessing and
not a curse for us all the Day of Judgment.
I know I, our brother my moon had
advice if we could stick to one scholar at a time that would be
more palatable for the audience. So, inshallah This is the last
time I will take
extra session on a single scholar from now on, we will stick to
even though we may
be limited in our presentation, because each of these callers have
a lot to teach us.
So, I will continue on the session,
this time discussion on soltana Rama is the owner of the salon.
But next time when we come, we will
try to make sure that we will limit the session to one scholar
Inshallah, or hero or leader,
whatever way you want to describe these great mentors and teachers
and leaders.
So,
I want to just briefly touch which I already mentioned some of this
on this is asceticism, his piety, something of his achievements,
which is
he's a man of great achievements and contribution and something
about his works,
legacy and fight against innovations. And we will also
briefly mentioned is the thorny issue
among the scholars whether he was a Sufi or was against Sufism.
There are conflicting appraisers by the scores on this and there
are reasons for it.
He is Dean was an exemplary scholar who was true to his
covenant with Allah subhanaw taala.
This is acknowledged by everyone.
There were scholars who differed with him
because of the school,
differential theological differences and yet all of them
respected him and look up to him and as a as a mentor, as an
exemplar, as someone who stood up, you know, as a spokesman for the
conscience of the Muslim ummah.
nobody doubted his sincerity, nobody notices, piety, nobody
doubted, that this is one scholar who practiced what he preached
and he did not fear
the consequences and you have already
seen examples of it.
I would version one or more example.
Is color in Islam. This is why
today if you look at the condition of the Muslim ummah, you will see
that what I mentioned the poet saying that my wife said that DNA
little book or Oba rubano almost swim we're Oban ha. You know, deed
is corrupted by the vicar, scholars and rulers.
One the scholars fail to
fulfill their covenant and their mandate
with Allah subhanho wa Taala the mandate is to, to transmit to be
although you know Rasulullah sallallahu sallam said Pamela
Redmond Kula hydrophone O'Donoghue. This this knowledge of
Islam this knowledge of the Quran and Hadith will be transmitted and
passed on
by
men and women who are
who have the integrity
the character and piety and sincerity, and humility are those
qualities and traits that Allah subhanaw taala has praised. Allah
says in the Quran mineral Momineen arranger and sada Kuma huddle La
La Familia lumen kala Anna who woman Rumi Antalya or mama
dilutable de la.
Among the people are those who have been true to that which they
pledge unto God.
There is no reason to translate this ritual as men here, this is
just simply expressing that it could be men and women because
as is very, very clear from the Quran, this Amana of this trust
is not just laid on men, as Allah clearly says, you know, all men
are our moment to follow our Leobardo believing males and
females
are partners and
partners in upholding the truth, commanding good and forbidding
evil, you know, so this mandate This is Amana is not just on the
shoulders of men. And this is very clear for anybody who, who studies
the history of Islam, women, as well as men were in the forefront,
you know, teaching and speaking and struggling for the cause of
Islam. And all of us know that the first Shahida was, it was a woman
actually, who gave her life struggling for the course of
Islam. So witnessing the shahada will either mandate, and it is
placed squarely on the shoulders of men as women as well as men or
men, as well as women, which will want where you want to put it. And
by all accounts, this is the unanimous. And of course, there
are some of the so called selfies, were very rigid in their thinking,
who, who find, you know, some of the views of President Abdus
Salam,
who don't, they don't like some of his views, they think that is
rationalizing too much or
they differ from his, the way he has explained the, the names and
attributes of Allah subhanaw taala. Because these people get
bogged down with this, whether Allah has hands and feet and
whatever, this under promotion, which is one of the diseases.
Even I remember one person
came to America he, through one of my students, he sent me a big
ol bomb. And the whole thing is description of the asthma. And so
first of all, as I said to the student, I don't need this,
please, I don't need this one. Because, you know, see how, for
them theology, what Islamic arcane is limited to this discussion of
whether Allah has hands and face and, and things like that stuff
law, they go too far. But
even among their own school, they're supposed to be humble is
the her people like Mr. Josie and Enoch Hale, who consider this
utmost blasphemy This is
a complete distortion of the Islamic understanding of, of God
and His nature. But they even condemned them and put them out
for and declared them as heretics. So, they were vexed with a resume
then because I have no time here to discuss how the way it was
again, but of course, then recognize that
the Quran being
inimitable style, it uses allegories and metaphors. So some
of these things should not be taken literally. We need to affirm
the transcendence of Allah subhanaw taala without Cumbre and
understand all of these
attributes of God and names of God in the Quran, in a way that does
not compromise his transcendence.
So we should
not
I'm understand them literally as if Allah subhanaw taala were some
kind of Santa Claus or Big Daddy sitting in the heaven, stuff
along.
So Ebro as a dean was one of those who fulfill the above criteria.
You know, he's nobody would question his biographers describe
him as a man, steadfast. You know, we have already mentioned it, but
this is every biographer of his, just praises him for steadfastness
has standing up for truth and justice is described as a sword in
face of the weaker and the corrupt, you know, just a
fearless, you know, salovaara medulla.
At the same time, this man is his turn and bold, but at the same
time, he's humble, because many people have this confused between,
you know, that religious color or a leader has to be yes, he has to
turn against wickedness, but you should be humble. This is
something humility of the prophets allowed Islam. He was extremely
humble in lover place himself about anybody, and gentle,
humorous a man of humor. That was the case without remarks like Abu
Hanifa Malik and Shafi and Muhammad Bramble. They were very
accessible and Rasul Allah was accessible, and he was a man of
humor. We have lost our humor now.
We have lost we don't smile. We don't, you know, as if we need to
see a sock smile is a sunnah. Whereas, you know, I had to tell
it to somebody who had
wanted to give me a book about the size of the beard. Actually, I was
standing in the subway, and this guy came to me and said, Sheikh
Mohammed, I have a good book or
so called dissertation on the size of the beard.
I said to him, I don't need to this book, because I asked him the
simple question, can I ask you a simple question? You know, how
many traditions are there from the profile about the size of the
beard?
He said, I don't know I said, there is nothing specific about
the size of the beard, and even our of the traditions of the
beard, compare it with the traditions on smiling and plus,
being present face appearing personally. There are more
traditions about them than about the beard. So we have lost our
priorities.
In the case of Dean, because he is a scholar, expert, in tafsir, and
Hadith, and a HELOC of the Prophet, because a number of his
works is simply about the clock and the ethics of Islam.
So
while you know he, he also uses every opportunity
to convey the message through humor actually, some one time he
was passing by a palace, you know,
being destroyed, demolished, maybe they wanted to build another one
in place. So on seeing that he recited a poem. You know, of
course, I cannot translate the poem as a poem. I'm just taking
the sense of why demolish it. Leave it alone as a lesson for
those who wish to learn
or a sign for the wise to ponder. Let the mansion tell the tales of
his past inhabitants. There is no sweeter tale to narrate. See,
because it's bringing the message look, these people you know,
remember, one king was taking a
straw out of his after acid prayer is big palace. And this Sophie was
passing by, and he wanted to convey the message to him. He
asked him Can I can I rent a room in this mortal?
The king who was so shocked how dare you call this palace
immortal?
I beg your pardon. Can I ask you a question?
Tell me who is to live here before my father.
What happened to him? He died.
I wish to leave here before
For him, his father, what happened to him? He died. So what makes you
think that you will not die and leave this place?
Is there a better way of describing this? This is immortal.
People take terms.
So this is exactly what is the who is a man of spiritual vision he
looks at but all of us lose this, that we are wayfarers. We are
travelers. Of course, this doesn't mean that you just replace your
house with the heart and doesn't protect you from sermon and coal
winder and things like that. That's not the understanding of
Islam, the salam he said that's against the masala of the Sharia.
Anyway, so when Tatas were ready to invade Damascus, Egyptians were
terrified because they invaded Baghdad, and Damascus, and now
they are on the borders of Egypt.
The Sultan is terrified. And of course, he is in a quandary, you
know what happened? He thinks that in order to because they have an
army, but he cannot maintain them, you know, properly because he
doesn't have the funds to give them proper salary. So he thought,
this is a big disadvantage. Phaser as is with this data is on the
borders of Egypt.
So he consulted
the chief shear actually the chief Collie who is Dean, at the time,
he wanted to set the sheikh advise him to face the Tartars you know,
he asked the sheikh, what should we do they are on the on the
approaching
said no, we should face them. And I will, I will join you
in this jihad, and I guarantee you victory. Look at the spiritual
look at his faith in Allah subhanaw taala. I guarantee his
This is the word he used, I guarantee that if you do what I
tell you to do in sha Allah, Allah will give us victory.
You are going to see it. So the Sultan said, but we have no funds
in the Treasury to finance the squad. So I have no choice but to
take loans from the business people.
You know, ordinarily, every che, what would be the answer, go
ahead, impose taxes.
This is what they are doing now to finance these wars. And you know,
they are killing Hutus like anything. And they are and they're
short of funds and then they are introducing all kinds of measures.
And of course, an open carpet fatwa is given it's all fine. You
know, Muslim, Muslim, Muslim, so that's fine, whatever the king
does, orders it shall be done. Okay, so.
Okay.
Said gather all of the jewelry and gold and other savings you and
your family members possess.
First do this, then do the same with the positions of your
officials and convert them into cash. You mean sell them and
convert them into cash and pay the soldiers
how heroes It takes courage and boldness. That's why people he has
been given this year no title soltana Rama, the the numbers fear
Him that rulers fear him.
Okay. So, once you do that, if you still need funds, you are allowed
to take loans, otherwise you are not allowed. Sharia doesn't allow
you to to do that.
Or impose taxes.
What happened? Sultan oblige an actor according to his advice? He
joined the war shakers, enjoy enjoying the water, so and they
repelled that others because you see how Allah subhanho wa taala.
You know this is that's why I have no doubt. That is the name of the
salam, as eminent scholars said he is one of the only Allah no doubt
about that.
Shake was loud by everyone for his selflessness and shunning
favoritism. You know, you have the power
For example in the past caliphs, like Omar micarta, Abu Bakr, Omar,
Osman or Ali, you know, as though some people find
fault with this man, Raleigh alone know that it showed favoritism. We
are not going to get into this controversy, but this may be
propaganda by the enemies of Islam. Definitely nobody can
question Omar or Abu Bakr or ally rally Allahu Lumad Marine.
They never showed favoritism. And they kept themselves and their
families away from making use of the the public funds or Treasury
and the same example was followed, as we already mentioned about by
Omar bin Abdulaziz, because of which is called Hamas will qualify
Russia plead the fifth of the most righteous caliphs.
So,
because his he was a he got this approval from scholars of all
denominations, and they are lovely men, they never advance themselves
before him.
How because they will not give fatwa.
It said that,
in both Egypt and the mass in Damascus, and Egypt, you know,
scholars, prominent scholars who used to give fatwa, before
resuming of the salam came, they said, No, we used to do that,
before it came. But now, we cannot do that. You see. So you see, we
have
not just one is a deal. There are people like as a deal. And of
course, we mentioned about his teachers as well, that they were
those who mentored him are also qualified. They had this kind of
quality. And of course, the same thing he passed on to his own
disciples who great scholars who stood up, you know, as to
exemplify, to act as the moral conscience of the ummah. So they
refuse to give fatwa. And they also advise the Sultan, actually,
one time the 100 fish color, simply, when he heard that Sultan
has is against
is a DM and that he has removed him.
This Hanafy score went to the Sultan actually, and told him you
want
to displace Allah.
Here is a volley EULA, turn and you want your role to be blessed
by Allah subhanaw taala, then you have to, you know, apologize to
this grayish color. You see,
that's called you know, share the FICO views of exudate. He says the
100 V. You see how this callers when they have this Telamon this,
they appreciate each other in spite of the differences. You
know, this is one big trouble among Roma today, we don't
recognize this, people are free to choose different views. And fifth,
this is not fundamental differences.
And in spite of differences scorers, and that's what the
method of sulfasalazine where, as, as we know that the Sahaba
differed, actually and yet they prayed beyond each other, prayed
for each other and things like supported each other things like
that.
So,
one he was in deathbed. Now, if you see another of his This
reveals his real real piety and selflessness, by bar by bar, so
this whatever you want to pronounce the ruler of Egypt at
the time I visited him, because this ruler, loved the dean, he was
a was better than many others.
He thought he was very saddened that to hear that Dean is in his
deathbed. I thought, I wish he had lived,
you know,
more years so that his role will be blessed by people like him. So,
but anyway, he went to see the sheikh who is only breathing his
last. So he's in throes of death, actually. So he whispered to him
that
Now you are dying. So I want, you know, to appoint your son Abdullah
thief.
As the Chief Justice cordon Kula
what would an ordinary scholar would do? Of course, this is now
the something many of these titles are passed on from father to son,
isn't it?
What did they just like Omar mohatta Probably alone, no one
will have did not want people to choose his son.
No know, he did not allow his children,
you know, to use their relationship with Omar to make
business and exploit people and things like that never, never
really.
So this is the example that absorb izzadeen followed his, he said
straight away, shakes right away, told him he is not qualified.
Actually, his sons are scholars that Abdul Latif is not
he's a qualified person, he can be a judge. But he doesn't want to be
then suggested another scholar, you know why? Because for him,
this principle is that it's you have to appoint
the most qualified person, it should not go after less
qualified. So who can do the job because that's the public interest
interest of the people. So he then suggested another scholar who was
not related to him by blood or friendship, even he
never so so that he doesn't show any favoritism. So, actually, the
the ruler had to accept their proposal.
Now, you see, that is in deathbed
biographers said, this is a sign of national hotma. You know, there
is a Hadith of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam, that if
Allah wants to choose someone for his favor,
he would make sure that he died.
In a state of
doing what is right, or Amaru, solid, the seal hit the life with
doing something virtuous. So you see, his breathing is last. And
this is his last good deed that he did. So he sealed his life. This
is a sign of personal hurt him or for him.
If Allah wants to choose a person for his favor, he would order him
or her to seal their life with actions that are pleasing to Him.
So if we were to allow him for his son, to be the chief justice, to
serve in that position, that will be favoritism, when especially
when there are people more qualified than him
is the Deans contributions, of course, this whole time, we course
can be on the contributions and the legacy and
creative methods. And off is the Dean actually, but we need to
mention it here there. His contributions are enormous.
First of all, he mentored eminent scholars to whom we pass the torch
of Islamic revival. Of course, when we say a minute scholars,
they were indeed great scholars
of color it is one of them is great scholar who also was bold,
to stand and speak the truth. He was also the colleague appointed
to Cali ship and then there are similar stories, his confrontation
with the with the ruler, and when he thought he was compromising the
principles of justice.
And another great scholar is Karachi. You know, we have you
know, this Jackson, who wrote his dissertation on Karachi is,
is its contribution solar factor is really, really immense. Is a
great jurist
from North Africa, actually, there are many others
who benefited who were mentored by a student of the Salaam
and is the Dean also left behind works in various fields such as
tafsir or solar fit the
Some of biography of the Prophet and so on and so forth. And all of
these works, they are not unlike scholars who would just simply
copy other scholars make quotations, you know, his works
are not like that his works are creative, independent work,
synthesizing, and you know, whatever you creative, there is a
spirit of independence in him that is not
you know, seen by in many scholars of course, we have scholars who
are his shunned blind taqlid of other 80s You know, one of the
secrets of this or my eyes,
this is where the occurrence in the Muslim thinking is, you know,
incident of the salaam Salem pinpointed that that this tackling
the mindset rule the scholars and prevented them from you know,
interpreting and giving ruling. So, Sharia it to address to cater
to the Masonic the welfare and the felicity of the people
one of the big example that you know now you know people like most
of us or Canada have used
this the wisdom from God I want to jump the gun there
you know, discussion of Muslims living
in economic systems like this
the typical standard static rolling of scholars haram haram
haram haram So, Muslims cannot buy a house Muslim cannot do anything
because everything is interest.
Isn't of the salam said he already gave a principle of the Sharia he
said if everything in a chromis system is based on her arm,
Muslims should not be
inhibited
should not restrain themselves from you know, using the that
system you know for essential services like their homes and
running business. If they do so, what will happen? They will always
be at the bottom of the society
I would say that why Muslims are fighting over halal meat
because everybody wants to prove the other guy's selling around.
Because they think this is the only business they can do. They
can buy 10 cows or 12 house and they have to sell it make business
and nothing else other other people are doing business and they
are thriving, and Muslims are you know, so you know most of America
use this principle.
One.
I remember two instances where now scholars are reversing
in the early years of Muslim combs coming to immigrating to England.
This Bengali Muslims asked a question to Dr. Mustafa zurka.
Actually, most of us zarchiver is described by his biographer.
He is his father was a great Hanafi jurists, grandfather, great
Hanafi jurists, great grandfather, so scholars, you know, great great
Hanafi jurists and he is there. He is a product of that scholarly
tradition.
He gives the fatwa this bungaree Saska. Schaefer zurka. You know,
we have no we have this option of buying these buildings in London
and convert them or you know, into renting out or whatever,
for
helping the community shakers zurka gave them the fatwa and the
fatwas were based on this principle of Sheikh
Sultan Rama. And actually, on the other hand, in India, in Bombay,
there were this
lot of outcasts Muslims had and they had this money from this
outcasts in
invested in the bank they saved in the bank and it had millions of
rupees of interest accrual.
And the fatwa of the Wilma was, this is filth. So
just
you cannot use it. So Christian missionaries got money, the funds
and they use them for establishing their missionary, you know center
and things like that for the same Omar, then later on reverse the
fatwa say no, no, this, of course is Saudi Arabia, we who has
invested you know billions of dollars in these banks and shaker
bars for two hours that they cannot use it initially. So, this
millions of interests money, if they were to keep it to the bank,
what would have happened
actually,
in this kind of,
I share this kind of views in the early 70s in in JAMA mosque and
then complaints were returned to that router against me that I
justify interest.
But then the same sheiks who who, who said it was haram, they
reverse the fatwa. Later on they said no no, we cannot leave this
money to the bank, but we should give it use it for other services
but a person cannot
benefit for himself this was their fatwa.
Anyway
shake shaker is Dean Shan blind taqlid of hydrogen car for Etihad
and set the person for it.
Okay, he all of his works
are are are opening the door, because I remember a saying that
a scholar who studies some of these essential resources in
comparative jurisprudence like Maha
Mobley, and by her case Sunon.
He said
that will prepare him or her, you know, to
you know, develop the habit of entity hard independent, the
ability to give independent rulings, you know,
without the being limited to a single school. And, you know, his
his works were intended to
expound the, the principles and the underlying objectives of the
Sharia, so that the scholars don't just look to a single text and,
and run with it and make a wrong interpretation. They have to take
the holistic rationale of the Sharia and the higher objectives
of the Sharia. And once the person has the sound understanding of
this, he may not, there is no need for him to be mastering these
intricacies of Feck to be able to come up with opinions.
So he distinguished the principles that were constant from the
variables. You know, Sharia has a thorough but Tabata principles
that cannot be changed. And then this my rulings can change, you
know,
and that's why you know, this is a point where very, very important,
you know, to remember but unfortunately, many of the
scholars just give rulings, they just when they are faced with
their appeal, they refer to a book okay, this is a one sentence
answer.
And that what will happen is that wouldn't work, because that may be
written for Indian milieu,
that here we have a Canadian will do different. So, of course, our
scholars also Leona had already said, that is color who is not
aware of the customs and conventions of a place cannot be
qualified to give fatwa in regards to those customs which is
different in another country.
So one has to know the customs otherwise we may be confusing the
culture with the Sharia. This is what happens. We can confuse. We
think that is, you know, somebody said woman cannot drive that's
It's a culture in Saudi Arabia they don't call it a Sharia ruling
applicable for maybe for them I don't know. But even they are
changing now. You know, stuff Rula it's this is a real problem. You
know, when they confused culture, with the custom with the Sharia
actually.
Through the study of the principle of Sharia he showed that the sole
aim of the Sharia is to bring benefit to humans. The book is
called Kavala comfy masala Alana is one of these masterpieces
kawaii de la comme fi masala.
You know, paraphrase translation is that this this lows of, of
Sharia laws, the Sharia laws are simply to cater to the vileness
and the well being and the welfare of humanity. There is nothing in
the Sharia. Except it's been meant to,
to pave the way for the ultimate felicity of human beings in this
world and the next world. You know, Islam doesn't want us to
leave this world.
So for those who didn't have the salam, even though he himself was
an ascetic person, he doesn't wander. Islam is not Islam doesn't
tell us that you leave this world for the next world, no welfare in
this world welfare in the rest world. And, of course, as you
know, he made a distinction that as for the
Okay, maybe I'm bringing that point later. Although he was
affiliated with Shafi schooling fought against blind taqlid of
schools offer independent rulings without being bound by his school.
That's why sorry biographers of Shafi scholars
are perplexed whether to place him
as stayed in that school or indepen independent of course,
scholars who study and deeply sad
initially he was a much taller than Shafi school, but then he
became independent of Shafi school as well of K. But there is no need
to box him in that way. Because this whole as
the salam said this is a bidder that has crept into this Muslim
Ummah, that of course, there is Turkey there is at heart, but to
make tackling binding,
you know is
if we say we are bound to make the creed of Abuja for Malika Shafi,
why can we say we are bound to make taqlid of Zaha Omar or or,
you know, look at the point the way he is looking at it, you know,
so they set a clear, yes, people who are not able to come up with
rulings from the Sharia who don't have that they need to follow the
authority. Yes. But we are not bound, you know, to simply stick
to one school or one Imams view in everything. No, no, there is no no
basis for that. Even an ordinary Muslim is not bound to stick to
one school. Rather he is free to choose valid opinions as long as
he knows this is a valid opinion in school. You see how
this is the understanding of people like Omar Abdulaziz, you
know, was asked, somebody came to me and said
I wish that Sahaba
did not hold different views. And fake.
Said, I am happy that I did they did because now we have different
options. We are not limited to one opinion. If we were riveted to one
opinion, we will have a hardship. So that's why this differences is
a sign of Mercy's shows the latitude and the flexibility of
the Sharia. So, if a person who is grown up in school, and that's why
people ask which school rule you follow, how many times people ask
me this question.
Every because they think that okay Shafi can only ask a fatwa from
first Shafi scholar, this is not true, you know,
isn't enough the salam has, has completely, you know,
undermine this kind of false belief
Now, I know the great achievement of the Aboriginal group the
Salamis
I will come to that discussion what is innovation according to
him, because there is the word innovation itself very, very
touchy word now, but let me say that, you know, innovations in
religious practices, you know, it's very, very common because
this is how
religions get distorted. You know, we are coming to Inshallah, after
we take this break, I'm going to come to study one of the great
personalities are by Rooney who is not a ILM in the in that sense,
but he is a social scientist, but he's a good Muslim and his views
on science and religion is is a true understanding the Quranic
epistemology.
And this caller has said that,
in his wonderful work on India, and Indian religion is just as
this how people introduce innovations in religion, and then
the whole face of religion is darkened.
So, that's why isn't Abdus Salam, you know, you religion came, you
know, to establish the dignity of human being, and you know,
affirming divine transcendence, and this whole idea of fighting
incarceration, you know, that man, God, woman, God and things like
that, people exploiting religion, you know, and asking people to
worship instead of worshipping Allah, subhanaw, taala, to worship
human beings. You know, all of this starts with this kind of
innovations, actually. So, he was dead opposed to innovations in
religion.
And starting from the practice of how thieves were used to insist
that you have to wear black turban
is the Salem Abortionists practice because this is to insist that a
hottie was to wear black turban or even green turban
Of course, he can choose what once in a while, there's nothing
religious about it. So it's a innovation, if you insist on that,
and then katiba has to carry the soil and hit to the member three
times before he delivers the football, you know, maybe to send
a message that if you oppose me, I will do
now the biller, so, this practice both of these practices they
abolished, that it is innovation, which in worship,
and how often you go to some of these massages, which has this
practice of delivering kotoba in Arabic, what they do, the chant
list in Arabic
is see well
understood, you know, the, if you look at the hautbois, delivered by
Rasulullah, is education. It's teaching people, how often you
read that the Sahaba learn this lesson from the prophet as he is
preaching from the multichip number. There are so many reports
like that people profit correcting people, so is there a teaching,
you know, method to member is was the university, the prophet train
the companions of the Prophet. So for the profit, that way, I shall
allow non self Prophet knew how to communicate, because by the time
he finished the hotbar, people got the essential message because he
did not use too many words. He did not sing, he did not chant. He
didn't know he was not verbose, very articulate, you can measure
you can count the words. It was brief, and to the poll and
repeated the moment point three times. And by the time kotoba,
finish, people learned. So that's why the salam replaced the
standing by using the kotoba for communication, teaching people
Okay, so that's very, very important. That's why you know,
some of these things here to reflect reflection you know, why
we are in this, you know, you have this opportunity to teach people
from the member and your it's our wasted
and are of this now the biller done by people who claim to be 100
fees, whereas the Hanafi school is not a requirement at all, that the
hotel bar has to be in Arabic, every single authentic source in
the Hanafi school says, is not a requirement
for the validity of kotoba, that it should be in Arabic, whereas
the other schools are the one who was saying that, but the people
who practice that is the 100 fees.
So, and yet they claim to be honest, I have to mention this,
you know,
of course, some there there was some people don't like me for
that.
Because they think that I'm from India, and yet I'm opposing them,
what they are doing, Mr. Fuller, it has nothing to do whether
you're Indian or not Indian, because we have to speak the
truth. Understand, he discontinued the prayer practice of praising
rulers, you know, they the hotties used to use the kotoba to curry
favor with the ruler, so mentioned their names and praise them, He
abolished that. And of course, he just pray for their guidance
without the giver, naming them and things like that, and ask Allah
for mercy to guide them and mercy on them.
And there is another practice which you see in some massages
after the Salah, they have the Salawat on the Prophet after the
Salah.
See me everybody Joe in law masala Allah
is saying that he bought that practice because you know why that
was not done by the prophet or the companions or the salah for Sally
Prophet taught us to make the curry Lila Lila, $1 Shanika
Allahumma Salah woman, Salam and of course has to be an ER this,
this is the practice taught by the prophet and followed and he
replaced with with that.
And of course, then there is this big, you know, innovation called
Salah to revive which is the whole method is also disfiguring of the
probe interfering with the form of prayer as well.
And then the prayer on the 15th of Shabaan you know, people gather in
the masjid on the fifth naive of the 15th
you know and then they the thing that is there is a prayer so do
not have the salam did not find any authentic Hadees
for that President so a abolish that.
But of course, our Mufti you know, from Pakistan, what is his name
is a woman advocate of that, some of this and of course, he is also
of the opinion that covering the head is uncovering that this
macro.
Of course, there is fairly remarkable hunting for himself
said, if a person it take off his hat out of humility, that's good.
And then you know, of course, he is claiming to be a Hanafi scholar
actually. So
he declared also declared another practice that some of this may
have gone to some of the Janaza you know, they bury the dead and
then this chef is standing there. Oh, man, now you have died monger
and Akira is going to come when he asked you What is your religion?
Make sure you say my religion is Islam. When the my Angel of Death
Angel manga and Akira ask you what, who is your prophet, make
sure you say is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi. Salam and you
know, giving the answers. And some of them even, you know, write down
this answer. And they you know,
glued it in the shroud is part of the shroud and sometimes they make
something they call it
something else with for Baraka with that, inside that shroud and
things like that. So they are giving him answers. This is maybe
they were doing that. When they were writing exams, they were
committing fraud. So this is fraud. Actually, a person has to
be able to answer these questions, not by somebody giving him prompt
or reminding him said that this is a bidder. I actually did up the
salam cell, there is no precedent for it. But you know there is 13
and that 13 is what
calcaneus
is
A person who is dying and those who are attending. Sure make sure
this person dies with husana hotma saying shahada
la shadow Allah Allah Allah Allah wa shadow no Muhammad Rasool Allah
just remind him once he said it and he didn't say anything else
don't bother him anymore
so that's that's the turkey that's prescribed the other Turkey is a
bidder and of course He abolished that
Oh another thing is
definition of Badal now Buddha is used as a weapon against
everything somebody came to me when I was Imam and folder in
foundation, you know, there was this this
unis spiritual guide a podium
there, we had a program there and somebody came to speak. So, we
have this podium near the member beside the member. So, one brother
came Fajr time to me so mad
What do you think you are?
You are Bush
meaning President Bush.
What are you Bush, you introducing this kind of podium into the
masjid this is for him this is innovation Okay, by the same
thing, logic everything should be innovation,
everything. So, there you will this will be the
player out of place actually be the
means innovation, but innovation not all innovations are bad. So,
you know, we cannot use this word loosely, we have to understand.
You know, first of all, is the dean of the Salah made a
distinction between marsali of deed, an era from the masala of
dunya
he said musalia of deed
you only know through Revelation
masala of dunya. Like what? Building Bridges and all this
thing.
You don't need revelation Rasul Allah already said and tomorrow we
will do Nico, you know better how to manage your affairs of this
world. So,
I remember one guy coming from fresh from Medina as Alim is to
tell people you know, you are not bound in Sharia to obey the
traffic signs and things like that, because the Janelia law
this is the musalia this is a masala ha doesn't
teach us that we have to protect life.
save lives. And these are meant to save lives. That's nothing against
the Sharia. This is not legislation against Allah. This is
this kind of legislation doesn't have to nothing to do, you know
doesn't have to be you don't need to look to the specific letter of
the Quran, or the Hadith for it. Human beings have discovered this
saves lives. So it's part of the Sharia, you don't you don't and
this guy also
because we're under the impression that he cannot face woman like
teaching. So, while teaching a woman you will give them back to
them. So you will be teaching them if there are women sitting there,
he will not face them we will be
stuck for the art of this thing has nothing to do. You know,
actually first of all profits are allowed us to lay her body. You
know,
even a woman came to address the issues.
When the Prophet was sitting with
men, the Sahaba woman comes
as a spokesman for women. So they said vaca the Prophet turned to
her to listen to her attentively.
So, you know eyeball to eyeball. It doesn't mean you are less fully
staring at her.
Communication you have to.
So this is our distorting and disfiguring the sherry actually.
As two teams especially on the solid clearly made that
distinction between musalia of religion masala of dunya. The
former is known only through revelation, while the latter is
known to read
experience, you see how important the division is he divided
innovations into five categories number one obligately
Like what combining the Quran writing books, and now what our
brother Maamoun is doing with communication method and we profit
did not use that. So, we cannot use it no no, we can this these
modal ways of communication, sometimes it becomes obligatory if
the message is cannot be disseminated except through this
way, or if the kuffar using it and propagating their ideology, and
you don't use it, in this case, you should be obligatory according
to the understanding of DNS obligated to use this kind of,
because otherwise, you are defeating the whole, you know, you
are not helping the cause of raising the word of Allah subhanaw
taala. So, of course, in the same category gone, you know, when they
have different sciences originated, you have physical,
similar physical you have to solve your world is branching off
branches of knowledge and religious knowledge sciences as
well as worldly sciences, all of the beneficial knowledge, you
know, fall in this category, corrupt practice or actions,
wholly condemned by Sharia, of course, the second is haram haram
innovations like what what are the Haram innovation or corrupt
practices actions, condemned by Sharia like bribes, unjust taxes,
and of course, he mentioned specifically appointing those who
are not qualified to officers simply because he belong to the
princely class or whatever, or passing on, you know, this
authority from father to son.
You see, he's attacking monarchy actually.
Now, monarchy becomes a sunnah because people say we cannot have
democracy of course you cannot have the democracy in the Western
way of democracy. But involving people in the decision making and
consulting them is essential is Allah subhanaw taala ordered his
messenger while I'm wrong Surah Shah Ruth Lebra. So, as as opposed
to that what we do the authority is passed from father to son, he
said It is haram according to evil is the dean of the salaam It is
haram to pass it on from father to son, because it has to be going to
the most qualified and then of course,
now third,
there okay, practices we can infer from the sources are recommended.
So you have haram, you have wajib obligately. And then you have
haram innovations. And then you have recommended innovations like
what tarawih prayers, nobody can say that Tarawih prayer is a
bidder is yes, it's innovation, but it's a recommended innovation.
You know, under innovations to maintain law and order these are
our recommender, sometimes obligate re also. Now, undesirable
innovations include setting aside specific days for fasting or
prayer, if, of course, a person can choose, but we I cannot say it
everybody must fast, you know, so many days a month, or pick a
certain day, specifically for unless it's prescribed by the
Sharia. So, specific days or specific places other than what is
prescribed by the law giver, that's an undesirable innovation.
permissible in innovations include customs and practices that are
intended to enhance the comfort and ease of life as long as they
do not contradict the principles of the Sharia. You see, so, there
is so much latitude in there, you know, things are permitted unless
forbidden.
And that when it comes to worldly matters, things are permitted
unless forbidden. You see how, you know his definition of video is
okay, is that okay? Am I going too fast?
So, okay, okay. Now, we will come to the last point because there
are a lot of things to discuss more, but I don't want to keep
this on and on. One thorny issue about the biography of a student
of the Salam is, was he a Sufi? One group vehemently oppose the
whole concept because they are against the whole idea of tasawwuf
and
Sufism they say one group say that he is affirming Sufism another
group denying it
the latter group who deny that he was a Sufi, say no, this is a very
rational his understanding of the Sharia is rational. So according
to this people Tasawwuf is not rational
that's a move. That's the wrong understanding of the so forth.
Even
Okay, I will I don't want to mention that point. But when I
discuss
you're gonna hold on I will bring that point of course, a cabal
doctor a cabal, I will be discussing, I will bring that
point later on Inshallah, how even the greatest Muslim intellectuals
found
a proper place for to solve in the scheme of things. But of course,
when they what they mean by Tasawwuf is not what is true, they
practiced the culture. Correct. That's not what they mean, with
the so so.
So his strong emphasis on Sharia, they say that he's a man of
Sharia, of course, no doubt. But there is no
there is no no contradiction between Sharia and real Sabbath.
But these people think that because he is a man of Sharia, he
must be opposed to cassava. And then of course, his tirade against
innovations and certain Sufi practices. Because of that, they
call the thing that he is anti Sufi, but those who affirm is
approval or even affiliation, two thirds of
they are on strong aside because there are a number of verse
generally attributed to denote the salam which are really expounding
the spiritual basis, that genuine tasawwuf actually is bringing it
from the Quran. Because for him the Quran is all about ethics and
spirituality, the Sharia is only one part of it. Quran is about
people qualifying themselves with the best of the attributes of
Allah subhanaw taala.
So, he also they point that he studied under the famous Sufi
Sheikh Shahabuddin Sahara worthy He is the author of a worry for my
irif One of the great works in the Sabbath. And he also studied
crocheted is rissalah principles of fossa woof, which is crochet is
a genuine scholar and Sophie and he studied is been hard studied
this work as well.
This issue can be settled if we make a distinction between genuine
tasawwuf en su rosov
General into so forth, is Casa wolf that is
in harmony with the Sharia,
and Sujata Savile phase, people who dispense with the Sharia, who
introduce innovation, who parade as Sufis, and they carry
themselves as Sufis, and then exploit people ask people to kiss
their hand and feed and, you know, use this spirituality for making
money and things like that, actually, is the attack with this
kind of charlatans. And there is a beautiful poem that he composed,
you know, I don't want to translate the whole thing, but
some of the points of this, this this poem that he is saying, He is
crying over the fact that that sort of in the heart of Islam, but
now in the hands of the charlatans, it has become a
biggest obstacle in the path of those who are spiritual
attainment, because they are these people use this for what to
exploit the masses, and have fame and name for them, and then make
money, you know, whereas Tasawwuf is all about realization of
spiritual virtues, purification of soul and purging the soul of
vices, and after devotion and communion with Allah subhanaw
taala. That is the heart of the soul, Wolf. But
he attacks those who confused as a wolf with wearing Crocs and making
a false display of spiritual states, using it as a bait to
exploit people and earn fame and wealth. This is a big, big money,
you know, biggest industry in Pakistan and India. What's the
biggest industry there?
Tom's
grave
I had my colleague in McGill University the mayor is studying a
PhD you know his father was the was the main person in the
Goldberger you know that baggage buckshot
and he the suggestion machine is the next in line Hi used to ask
you you are a rational person
and you are and you know I heard that now he is the man in charge
his father has died and people prostrate we make YouTube
and
all Hindus and Muslims everybody visit the other at home for
blessing us tougher Allah and give money and this money big money big
word Welter they have accumulated that's what he is he's calling
them robbers is one of the salaam called them robbers and filthy
ones who broke the pot of Junoon spiritual travelers
you know that is
okay so is the Dean was a devout person who was recognized for his
spiritual graces. I want to finish this by inciting citing one
incident of course, there are many others interesting story about him
which reveals his spiritual intuition. How Allah subhanho wa
Taala give, you know people who are devoted to him some insight
which is not ordinarily given to others. He had a very pious
friend, he was one of the audio Allah, who used to send him gifts
every year. Once he sent a big parcel of gifts, which included a
container of cheese. So he sent someone with this parcel,
one container, you know, bottle our cheese in it, the container
fell from the hands of the messenger, and it was broken into
pieces.
The man was distrust the messenger who carrying this person, because
this whole
container Brock, so a Christian merchant saw it, he told him I
have a better container, you know of cheese to replace it. So the
man bought it from him, and took that included in the parcel and
took it to the shape.
The shape received the parcel, and no sooner he opened it, he
returned the container with the cheese.
You know why? When the messenger asked why he had done so he said,
it was made by a woman, a Christian man whose hands was were
soiled by handling pork.
Because she was you know, handling pork, and with the same hand she
was making cheese. So he immediately returned this, how
who? You see Allah subhanaw taala gave that insight. Maybe all of us
have eaten already one or two pigs, because we may have
you know, this is one of my friends said, Muslims living near
may have eaten you know, one or two pig before they die. You know,
among his prayers, constant prayers where it's a sign of his
utter devotion to Allah subhanho wa Taala will Allah onerous so
that we understand your book, act upon it, and mold our character by
his ideas? Ponder its deeper meanings. Nothing is possible
without your will. Will Allah blesses to prefer you over
everything else? And God does consolation through it and make us
constant in devotion to you. So of course this long prayer just took
a part of it with this is Top Suhana kala humo Byham decrescendo
Allah
that's tofu Coburn autobrake Allahu Marzocchi na Baka hombre
rasool Allah, wa Brahman you are hopefully you caribou Allah who
Allah inspire us to love you. inspire us to love your messenger
and to love those who love you. And I grandmas love that bring us
closer to you