Abu American what you have said was rude and horribly wrong. May Allah forgive you inshAllah ameen.
I know who the scholars are very well! In fact after our last conversation I had a chance to talk to another salafi who is the cousin of Amjad rafiq. And I told him of your thoughts about the brother i.e. that he was knowledgable. And his cousin was very straightforward in saying that Abu Iyaad amjad rafiq is nothing more than a translator of books. I then told him how people raised him to a pedestal and I assure you he was quite shocked at that revelation!
I know the sheikhs very well may Allah have mercy upon them and continue to guide them and us. I have read their work and many many fatwas as well as meeting many in person and studying under them. However one thing that has bothered me is that they lack proper explanations these days. Including one fatwa by sheikh ibn baaz about a father marrying his daughter off before the age of puberty without her permission! This fatwa used to be on fatwa online however it has since been taken off and it is a widely held belief by many of the scholars due to the marriage of Aisha to the Prophet in which her permission was not sought.
A very dangerous fatwa to post on the internet or anywhere else now don't you think. No explanation just this is what we say and therefore you must follow us.
Also another problem that we have noticed is the translation from Arabic to english is often wrong by people who do not fully understand the language. I find it interesting that some translators have learned arabic at home whilst living in the west!
At the end of the day a fatwa is an opinion only! Allah will not ask them on the judgement day how we practiced our religion. He will ask us why we followed them when we had clear proof otherwise and they did not clarify themselves enough or make enough sense. How many stories of students of a particular sheikh disagreed with his/her fatwa?
Their are problems all over the muslim ummah and if we as salafis cannot look at our own then how will we ever overcome them? Their is no need repeating myself as you know through my writing and explaining myself who I am and what I am upon. May Allah forgive you brother and make it easy upon you. InshAllah Ameen.
Asalaam Alaikum
Abu American what you have said was rude and horribly wrong. May Allah forgive you inshAllah ameen.
I know who the scholars are very well! In fact after our last conversation I had a chance to talk to another salafi who is the cousin of Amjad rafiq. And I told him of your thoughts about the brother i.e. that he was knowledgable. And his cousin was very straightforward in saying that Abu Iyaad amjad rafiq is nothing more than a translator of books. I then told him how people raised him to a pedestal and I assure you he was quite shocked at that revelation!
I know the sheikhs very well may Allah have mercy upon them and continue to guide them and us. I have read their work and many many fatwas as well as meeting many in person and studying under them. However one thing that has bothered me is that they lack proper explanations these days. Including one fatwa by sheikh ibn baaz about a father marrying his daughter off before the age of puberty without her permission! This fatwa used to be on fatwa online however it has since been taken off and it is a widely held belief by many of the scholars due to the marriage of Aisha to the Prophet in which her permission was not sought.
A very dangerous fatwa to post on the internet or anywhere else now don't you think. No explanation just this is what we say and therefore you must follow us.
Also another problem that we have noticed is the translation from Arabic to english is often wrong by people who do not fully understand the language. I find it interesting that some translators have learned arabic at home whilst living in the west!
At the end of the day a fatwa is an opinion only! Allah will not ask them on the judgement day how we practiced our religion. He will ask us why we followed them when we had clear proof otherwise and they did not clarify themselves enough or make enough sense. How many stories of students of a particular sheikh disagreed with his/her fatwa?
Their are problems all over the muslim ummah and if we as salafis cannot look at our own then how will we ever overcome them? Their is no need repeating myself as you know through my writing and explaining myself who I am and what I am upon. May Allah forgive you brother and make it easy upon you. InshAllah Ameen.
Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi