Question
This year in Zimbabwe, Ulama connected with Madinah University have organized Taraaweeh Salaat for ladies in a secular school hall. We know that this is wrong. But the Ulama here who are aware of this fitnah are all silent. Please comment.
Answer
Those connected to Madina University are Salafis, hence they are propagating the Saudi brand of liberalism. It is not permissible for the ladies to perform Taraaweeh in the school hall. It is Waajib for women to perform Taraaweeh individually at home, not in any public venue. The fitnah of modernist Salafi'ism exported by Saudi Arabia via its Madinah University products is plaguing the Ummah in many countries. Such Salafis masquerading as Hanafis are embedded in Zimbabwe and also in South Africa. All over there is a universal disease among the Ulama of this age. They maintain silence when they see baatil and bid'ah. They come fully within the purview of the following Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam): "The one who is silent regarding the Haqq is a dumb shaitaan." Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) did not compare the silent suppresser of the Haqq to a 'Dumb Devil'. He said that such a silent person is in fact a "Dumb Shaitaan". He is a shaitaan in human form. The condition of the Ulama is lamentable in this age. They are silent when they see the Shariah being distorted and mutilated. They are guilty of concealing the Haqq. Are they awaiting the Athaab of Allah Ta'ala mentioned in the following Qur'aanic aayat:
"Beware of such a fitnah (punishment) which will not overtake only the transgressors among
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- The Majlis Vol 21 No 08
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