Question
A local qaari says your criticism of Shaikh Nuaini is unjustified. He is regarded as a role model by some. Please explain.
Answer
The qaari is a faasiq. The reasons for his fisq have been stated. Anyone who takes a faasiq as a role model is under the spell of shaitaan. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"The majority of the munaafiqeen (hypocrites) of my Ummah are its qaaris."
One should distance oneself from even those qaaris who regard the faasiq Nuaini as a role model. Even if he transforms stones into gold, flies in the air or descends from the Divine Throne, then too it is haraam to listen to his recitation because he is a faasiq, and in flagrant violation of Allah's Shariah.
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- The Majlis Vol 23 No 08
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