Tag Archives: `ulama

Not agreeing with Imam’s takfir

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Mosque board members have declared that people who don’t consider Deobandis to be kuffar like the Qadianis – in accordance with the fatwas of Mawlana Ahmad Raza Barelwi – are ‘unwanted’ in the Masjid. Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged `ulama, Ahl al-Sunnah, Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, Deobandi, differences, discussion, halal, haram, imam, interfaith, masjid, mercy, mosque, Muslim, non-Muslim, salat. permissible, takfir | Comments Off

Using other religions

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Is it normal for a representative of Mawlana to practice Hinduism, Buddhism and Injils mixed with Sufism ?[fr]Is it normal for a representative of Mawlana to practice Hinduism, Buddhism and Injils mixed with Sufism ?[/fr] Continue reading →

Posted in Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged `ulama, Abu Yazid al-Bistami, al-Hallaj, awliyaullah, Bishr al-Hafi, Buddhism, Christianity, deputy, heaven, Hell, hidden idolatry, Hinduism, Ibn al-Jawzi, Imam Ahmad, Imam Nawawi, Injil, Ka`bah, love, Mawlana Shaykh Adnan Kabbani, Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, monk, nafs, Quran, Rabia al-`Adawiyya, religions, Sayyidina Muhyidin ibn `Arabi, scholars, Shaykh `Abdullah al-Fa'iz ad-Daghestani, Shaykh Mehmet Adil, shirk al-khafi, temple, test, Torah, wakil | Comments Off

Hanafi belief in Awliya Allah

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

What did Imam Abu Hanifa (R.A) say on having a shaykh, and on esaale sawab and calling upon the pious, Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged `ulama, `uzlah, akhlaq, al-qawm, conveyance of reward, Dawud at-Ta'i, dead, dhikr, fiqh, Hanafi, Ibn `Abd al-Barr, Ibn `Abd al-Salam, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam as-Sakhawi, Imam Ibn as-Subki, intercession, isal ath-thawab, jurisprudence, jurists, means, Mullah `Ali al-Qari, Qadi Iyad, Quran, recitation, righteous, Salaf, salihin, scholars, seclusion, solitude, Sufi, tasawwuf, tawassul | Comments Off

Relation’s between sunni scholars

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Q: With humble submission we observe with pain that prominent sunni aleems/mashayks from Pakistan has negative understandings against each other. Continue reading →

Posted in Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged `ulama, Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-Jama`ah, dispute, division, mashaykh, Pakistan, scholars, unity | Comments Off

Calling scholars names

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: What is the ruling on the person that calls a respected scholars bad names? Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `alim, `ulama, abuse, fisq, kufr, revile, ruling, scholars, sin, unbelief | Comments Off

Can a non-scholar issue a fatwa?

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: What is the ruling on the person that is not a scholar issuing fatwas? Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `alim, `ulama, abrogation, fatwa, ijtihad, non-scholar, Quran, s, Sunnah | Comments Off

Is Belief in al-Mahdi Part of Islamic Creed?

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Is belief in al-Mahdi required in the beliefs of Muslims, in particular Ahl as-Sunnah?

A: Belief in the Mahdî is Obligatory in Islam Continue reading →

Posted in Belief & Doctrine | Tagged `ulama, Ahl al-Sunnah, al-Mahdi, belief, creed, Dajjal, doctrine, hadith, mutawatir, scholars | Comments Off

Why Do the Imams Differ?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

At times a difference of opinion occurs due to the different narrations that are found with regards to a particular aspect. One Imam gives preference to one narration on the basis of various criteria while the other Imam, in the light of his knowledge, prefers the other narration. Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `ulama, fiqh, hadith, hakim, ijtihad, imam, judgment, knowledge, Quran, scholar, Shaykh Muhammad Ilyas Faisal | Comments Off

Why Follow an Imam?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

This can be answered by posing a counter-question: “Do you know all the various laws of deen, religion? Are you capable of extracting and deriving the laws pertaining to wudu, salah, zakat, etc. directly from the Qur’an and Hadith? Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `ulama, hadith, imam, Imam Abu Hanifa, knowledge, madhhab, Quran, scholars, Shaykh Muhammad Ilyas Faisal | Comments Off

Taqleed, Following a School of Thought

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

“To follow”, ittib`a, simply refers to the practice of an unqualified, lay person (in a specific field of specialization) submitting to and accepting the authority of an expert in that field, without demanding proof and justification for every view, opinion or verdict. Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram | Tagged `ulama, compulsory, fiqh, hadith, ijtihad, ittib`a, madhhab, Mufti Zubair Bayat, muqallid, Quran, scholars, schools of thought, taqleed, wajib | Comments Off

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