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scholar will be in his Madh-hab. In matters not clearly explained in
Qur’ân al-kerîm or by hadîth-i-sherîfs, it is certainly more
appropriate for Muslims to adapt themselves to a profound Islamic
scholar who obeys Qur’ân al-kerîm in whatever he says and does
rather than following the fabrications of heretics and enemies of
religion.
People who adapt themselves to a Madh-hab will do their
worships correctly. People without a certain Madh-hab, on the
other hand, will be wrong both in belief and in deeds. They will
swerve into various ways. They will arouse faction in society. They
will instigate people against one another. Instead of adapting
themselves to Muhammad’s ‘alaihis-salâm’ Islam, they will either
follow their personal inadequate views or part into the corrupt and
harmful ways invented by heretics, by enemies of religion.
Muslims love one another. They dislike separatists. Qur’ân alkerîm
and hadîth-i-sherîfs state that it is a great worship to dislike
such people. People who are hostile to religion, to chastity, to life
and to people will certainly be hated. Namâz of janâza will not be
performed for a disbeliever (when he is dead).
Muslims do not accuse a person who is negligent in namâz and
fasting with disbelief. However, a person who denies the fact that
it is farz (a plain religious commandment) to perform namâz five
times daily, becomes a disbeliever. Our master, Rasûlullah, curses
such disbelievers regardless of whether they are dead or alive. A
Muslim will be proud about adapting himself to his Prophet ‘sall-
Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’. Disbelievers, however, are proud about
attacking Islamic scholars.
What we would like to tell those people attacking Islamic
scholars is this: Islamic scholars observed the approval of Allâhu
ta’âlâ in all their actions. Whatever they did, they did it for Allah’s
sake. They performed their duty of Emr-i-ma’rûf and Nehy-i-anilmunker
towards rulers. In other words, they gave them advice for
Allah’s sake. They did not fear anyone in guiding to the right way.
Hadrat Imâm A’zam Abû Hanîfa, the greatest Islamic scholar,
sacrificed his life in this way, a fact that no one could deny to know.
Likewise, all Islamic scholars had no hesitation whatsoever to state
facts. Millions of books which they wrote with dedication and
ikhlâs have spread knowledge and beautiful moral principles
throughout the world and thus their blessed names have become
known far and near. They have reflected the light of Qur’ân alkerîm
on all nations. On the other hand, people without a certain
Madh-hab, somehow mixing with Muslim religious men, have
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