Two very senior Ulama of Deoband who have already passed away had said that in this age there is a need for female doctors, hence they encouraged Musl

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Most probably you are aware that Shar'i issues are based on the Four Dalaa-il of the Shariah, not on the opinion of any Buzrug. Regarding much greater Buzrugs and Auliya than the Hadhrats who voiced their personal opinion on the issue of women becoming doctors at kuffaar universities, Hadhrat Shah Waliyullah Muhaddith Delhwi (Rahmatullah alayh) states in his Tafheematul Ilaahiyya:

"You cling (i.e. deduct rules) from the talks of such Ush-shaaq (Lovers of Allah) who are overwhelmed (by Divine Love). In fact, the statements of the Ush-shaaq should be wrapped up (set aside), not narrated."

In Al-Bunyaanul Mushayyid, Hadhrat Sayyid Ahmad Kabir Rifaa'i (Rahmatullah alayh) states:

"Respected people! What is it that you are doing? You say: 'Haarith said so, Baayazid said so, and Mansur Al-Hallaaj said so. Before saying so, rather say that Imaam Shaafi', Imaam Maalik, Imaam Ahmad and Imaam Abu Hanifah said so.

The statements of Baayazid Bustaami and Haarith can neither demote you nor elevate you. Imaam Shaafi' and Imaam Maalik by their statements indicate to you the Path of Najaat, and they show the success of Law (Shariah)."

In this regard Hadhrat, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (R.A.) says: "The aim and object of Muhadditheen is NARRATION and the aim of the Fuqaha is FORMULATION AND ELABORATION of THE LAW. For example, singing without the accompaniment of musical instruments is permissible according to the Muhadditheen since term Ma'aazif (musical instruments) appears in the Hadith, whereas according to the Fuqaha singing is not permissible even without the accompaniment of instruments.

The gaze of

Fuqaha is on the Illat or the reason for the law, and in this particular instance of the prohibition of singing the Illat is 'the fear of fitna'. Like this Fitna is present in music, it exists in singing as well."

In any clash with the Fuqaha and the clearcut masaa-il of the Shariah, the views of the Buzrugs will be set aside. The Shariah is radiant with clarity. For directives we seek guidance from the Fuqaha, not from Buzrugs. Many Buzrugs notwithstanding their lofty status of piety, are shortsighted. They voice opinions on the basis of incomplete or defective information. They are not among the Fuqaha. I n t h i s re g ar d , Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:

"One Faqeeh is harder on shaitaan than a t h o u s a n d A a b i d s (Buzrugs)."

An Aabid is not a Jaahil. He has ample Ilm. He is a genuine Buzrug, but lacks fiqaahat. Being short-sighted he sometime proffers opinions which are incorrect and harmful for the masses. His opinions sometimes open up avenues for great fitnah. The views expressed by H a d h r a t B a n d w i (Rahmatullah alayh) and Hadhrat Raipuri (Rahmatullah alayh) are of this kind.

These Buzrugs have grievously erred in their opinion and thereby opened up a door for great evil and fitnah, and for even zina. They failed to understand the consequences of stating their opinions because they lacked knowledge and understanding of what really it entails when a woman studies at a university. Their gaze was only on the benefits which could be acquired from Muslim female doctors. But as far as the deluge of evil and filth they have to plunge into in order to become doctors is concerned, these Hadhrats were unaware thereof.

We ask: If a condition for becoming a doctor or for studying at a university was that fornication had to be committed, would you send your daughter to become a doctor? Is it tolerable and permissible to consent to one's daughter fornicating with a Hindu or with a faasiq Muslim boy whilst studying at university? Would the Hadhrats still say that women should become doctors or would they send their own daughters to fornicate at universities in order to become doctors? "Seek a fatwa from your heart.", s a i d R a s u l u l l a h (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

If you too are unaware of university conditions, then become aware that every type of zina, drugs, liquor, music, haraam pictography, total integration of the sexes, the accepted norm of being in the company alone with a male, and many other acts of immorality, are the order of university life. This is not a closed secret. Only some Hadhrats who are misinformed by their biased mureeds and by their hosts who invite them to foreign countries are blissfully unaware of the cauldron of filth, fisq, fujoor and kufr which universities as well as high schools constitute.

The evil shaitani ta'leem in fact begins from primary school. By the time the Muslim child completes his/her university career, he/she has been thoroughly converted to the religion of Iblees. Yet these Hadhrats dwell in a state of blissful unawareness which constrains them to unknowingly promote zina and a variety of fisq, fujoor, zandaqah and kufr.

Western secular education has its shuroot (conditions) for plunging into its vile shaitaani cauldron in which the devil brews his potion of moral filth. Whilst these shuroot are not in documentary form, they are implied and established by URF. The URF which governs secular education whether in kuffaar or Muslim countries, stipulated the following incumbent conditions which students are forced to observe:

♦ Zina of the eyes

♦ Zina of the ears

♦ Zina of the tongue

♦ Zina of the hands

♦ Zina of the feet

♦ Zina of the heart

♦ Actual zina - the actual act of fornication ♦ Muslim girls striking up haraam relationships with kuffaar boys and vice versa

♦ Males and females in privacy

♦ Pornography

♦ Haraam pictography ♦ Music and singing ♦ Kuffaar sport

♦ Irreligiosity

♦ Liberalism

♦ Intense doubts in Aqaaid

♦ S u b j e ct i n g t he Qur'aan and Hadith to personal opinion

♦ Total abandonment of Hijaab

♦ Neglect of Salaat

♦ Affinity with the religions and ideologies of kufr due to the interfaith ethos of these shaitaani university brothels

♦ Etc. etc. etc.

Is it Islamically rational for any Muslim, leave alone for Hadhrats, to promote this satanic education, especially for Muslim females? This formidable array of fisq, fujoor and kufr portrays the lamentable unawareness of the Hadhrats regarding the satanic institutions they are dangerously promoting at the cost of destroying the Akhlaaq and Imaan of Muslim boys and girls.

Buzrugs who are not Fuqaha lack a panoptic view of the Usool as well as of the Furoo' of Fiqh, hence they stumble into dangerous moral and spiritual minefields with the gravest consequences for the masses. The masses are slaves of the nafs, hence they swiftly latch on to the errors of Buzrugs and cite such corrupt and baseless opinions in abrogation of the Ahkaam of the Shariah. Even molvis are guilty of this nafsaaniyat, hence Allaamah Abdul Wahhaab Sha'raani (Rahmatullah alayh) said: "He who

cites as daleel the obscurities (and errors) of the Ulama (and of the Auliya) has made his exit from Islam." Numerous Fuqaha have made similar statements.

About making taqleed of the errors of seniors, Hadhrat Maulana Ashr a f A l i T h a n v i (Rahmatullah alayh) said:

"Do not abandon DALEEL merely for the sake of making taqleed of the Ustaadh."

We are, Alhamdulullah, most fortunate to be from the Ummat of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam), and not from Bani Israaeel. Castigating the Ummah of Bani Israaeel, the Qur'aan Majeed states: "They take their ahbaar (ulama) and their ruhbaan (buzrugs) as gods besides Allah, and also for Isaa, the son of Maryam (they take as rabb)."

The Hadhrats who had promoted females becoming doctors at the brothel universities, forgot about the Principle which stems from the following Qur'aanic Aayat:

"They ask you (O Muhammad!) about liquor and gambling. Say: "In these two there is great sin and many benefits for people whilst their sin is greater than their benefits."

Looking obliquely at the issue of 'benefits' of female doctors, the Hadhrats were unmindful of the great and vile sins and harms of university education. Their gaze was not on this Qur'aanic principle, hence they blurted out a personal opinion which is in violent conflict with the Dalaa-il of the Shariah, hence their opinion has to be incumbently set aside as being baatil. A true Student of the Deen pursuing higher Ilm should not be in a quandary when he comes across queer and even bizarre opinions of recognized Buzrugs. He should examine such opinions on the Standard of the Dalaa-il of the Shariah. If the opinions are in conflict with the Nusoos of the Shariah and the categorical pronouncements of

Fuqaha of the Salafus Saaliheen era, the conflicting opinions of the Buzrugs should be set aside. Furthermore, even if an opinion is not in total conflict with the Shariah, if it opens an avenue for fitnah, it should be opposed and set aside. It must not be condoned. The Fuqaha have gone to the extent of branding an act/belief as kufr despite it not being such kufr which expels one from the fold of Islam.

The first Waajib requirement for every Muslim is to ensure his/ own safety - safety of Imaan and Akhlaaq. These treasures may not be compromised and even sacrificed and negated in the interest of benefit for others. Whilst wealth may and should be sacrificed for the benefit of others, Imaan and Akhlaaq may not. To do so is haraam.

The Hadhrats, due to unawareness, have not even considered that in order to become a western doctor, the student has to first become a veritable devil. He/she has to engage in the grotesque task of mutilating dead bodies. Their hearts are totally corrupted and ruined with this type of grotesque and bizarre experimentation in which human bodies are treated worse than animals slaughtered for consumption. The Hadhrats have rendered the Ummah a great disservice with their thoughtless opinions. It will be proper to infer that the Hadhrats assigned preference and greater importance to medical benefits for others than the safety of the Imaan and Akhlaaq of the Muslim females who have been encouraged to become doctors. This is a palpable display of short-sightedness.

W h e n g e n u i n e Buzrugs such as the two Ulama mentioned by you, err in their opinions, attribute it to genuine error or lack of information or to misinformation, or shortsightedness, or simply set their erroneous opinion aside without criticizing them. Everyone errs no matter how great a Burzrug and Allaamah he may be. The Ulama say that while there were no shortsighted Ambiya, there were many short-sighted B u z r u g s , h e n c e Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam said: "One Faqeeh is harder on shaitaan than a thous a n d B u z r u g (Aabideen)."