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and who followed the same path and spread and strengthenedRasûlullah’s (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) path.Mawdûdî writes altogether nonsense on the eighty-thirdpage; see what he writes in a delirium:“Because of the difference of opinions with regard to fiqh,the Hanafî and the Shâfi’î madhhabs have judged each otherresentfully to defend its own opinion and have becomeexcessively dangerous to each other. Every madhhab overflowswith details, and facts get lost in an abundance ofinterpretations.”These delirious words are excessively slanderous againstthe madhhab leaders. In no fiqh book is there a single wordwritten with resent or jealousy against any of the fourmadhhabs. On the countrary, each madhhab considers itpermissible to follow other madhhabs when in difficulty. [2] Sucha corrupt, absurd and blatant lie as this can be written only by aheretic attacking Islam from behind the scene. Poor Mawdûdîhas tried to dive into kalâm and fiqh, which are the importantsubjects of Islam, but, being inexperienced, he has beendrowned.On the ninetieth page, he praises Shâh Walî-Allah and saysthat he selects the following lines from his book Al-tafhîmât:“In the contemporary age, reality, which is compatible withthe spirit of Divine Knowledge, combines the Hanafî and theShâfi’î madhhabs. The Qur’ân commentaries should bereviewed and the parts that are against the Hadîth should besifted out, and what is without essence and value should bediscarded.”These statements would exasperate any Muslim who knowshis religion and madhhab. It is unbelievable that such a greatscholar as Shâh Walî-Allah would have such heretical ideas. Inorder to show the fact to our brothers-in-Islam and to disgraceMawdûdî, we will give some quotations from the same book:“The origins of Islam are the Qur’ân and the Hadîth. There isno other source. Ijtihâd is permissible in deciding about worldlyaffairs. A religious matter that has already been prescribedcannot be changed. The teachings of Sharî’at do not contain[2] For details, see ’Abd al-Ghanî an-Nablusî’s Khulâsat at-tahqîq andour book The Sunni Path, p. 32.- 178 -