I see the moral and spiritual conditions of the Darul Ulooms swiftly degenerating.

Answer

Alhamdulillah, your thinking is correct. Allah Ta'ala has bestowed good understanding to you. It is necessary to understand that the predictions of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) must materialize. He said that the time will come "when the worst of the people under the canopy of the sky will be their ulama." Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) further said: "They will be shayaateen in human bodies.", and that they will be imams who will mislead the Ummah.

We are seeing the predictions of Nabi-e-Kareem (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) materializing in front of our eyes. Things will not improve. On the contrary, the situation will become worse. We are living today in a virtual spiritual minefield. Pick your way carefully to avoid getting blown up by the corruption which shaitaan and his agents are planting.

Almost all the Darul Ulooms are promoting haraam activities. Almost all the students studying at these darul ulooms emerge with convoluted minds. They use the Deen to gain the dunya. May Allah Ta'ala have mercy on us.

"There are so many new innovations in the Masjid - it is becoming shockingly deplorable. In the old days one would find peace in the Masjid - silence, respect and honour of the Masjid.

Today, sadly the Masjid is no longer a place of peace and tranquillity. Even to read Qur'an the Masjid is no longer an option as there are so many programs and talks that one doesn't know which way to turn.

The speakers are set to full blast so that the Qiraat and Jummah programs could be heard outside on the road. The speakers send vibrations through the ground and even through one's chest. The Imams mouth is almost kissing the microphone.

Monday night's the Jamaat has their programs. Wednesday night the zikr is on, Thursday the Imams have their programs, after Maghrib is some kitaab-reading and the list goes on.

The point is there is no more peace in The Masjid. Please comment."

COMMENT

In fact, many Musjids have become venues for merrymaking. This becomes more disturbing during Ramadhaan when the merrymaking kind of I'tikaaf is observed. Illbehaved children contribute to the disturbance and the destruction of the Musjid's sanctity. Loud conversation in the wudhu khaanah and even in the Musjid is another haraam evil which has become common nowadays.

People are more concerned with their petprogrammes than the purpose for which the Musjid has been built. The primary purpose is Salaat and silent individual ibaadat. The introduction of the haraam speakersystem thoroughly ruins the peace and tranquillity of not only the Musjid, but of the Salaat itself. Using loudspeakers for Salaat is not permissible. Using it in the manner explained is a double and an aggravated haraam act. The concern for petprogrammes has caused the perpetrators to interfere directly with the Shariah. Whereas it is imperative to perform the Sunnatul Muakkadah Salaat immediately after the Fardh Salaat without engagement in any other activity, the kitaabreading at this juncture is a flagrant violation of the order of the Shariah. Greater importance is ascribed to the kitaabreading than to the Salaat which Allah Ta'ala has ordained Fardh.

This evil trend is set to deteriorate further. As we move closer to Qiyaamah, the evil will become more pronounced. The Deen is no longer of primary importance.

ALLAAMAH ABDUL WAHHAAB Sha'raani (Rahmatullah alayh), of the 10th Islamic century, says:

"A group (i.e. a fake group) among the Fuqara have predicat- Any one of them (i.e. ed themselves with Sufeeyat (i.e. that they are Sufis/ Auliya). They have claimed the stage of Wilaayat-e-Kubra, whilst in reality they are more astray than cattle. Thus it is seen that every one who has been given permission by his crank sheikh (shaikhul qaasir) will initiate thikr in group form He thus considers him- (such as the prevalent halqah thikr sessions in our age).

from the masses) who is granted permission (by the sheikh-eqaasir) will begin to instruct people in (forms of) thikr. Sometimes the one who has been predicated with masheek- Despite this (i.e. his hat may hear in his place of solitude a voice from a jinn or a shaitaan.

self to be a wali of Allah Ta'ala. Then he How is it possible (for assembles around him workers / labourers from the masses (i.e. juhhaal). Sometimes he conducts majlis in his city, and sometimes he trots from city to city imposing I take oath and say that on the people of this evil and immoral age.

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fraud and deception) he claims that he is the representative of the Nabi (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). This claim is adequate for kufr, jahl and gross disrespect (for Rasulullah - Sallallahu alayhi wasallam).

the crank) to have any rank among the lofty stages (of Wilaayat), and how is it possible for there to be Malaaikah among the shayaateen?

the peasants and labourers have a better stage of divine proxwife the right to ask imity than these (fraudulent) claimants because they have devoted their entire lives in strenuous mundane occupations for the benefit of mankind. On the contrary, these (false) claimants (of Tasawwuf) spend their entire lives in harming creation because they intend with their seclusion, penances and occasional thikr to deceive the people and to prepare the ground for them to be attracted to their path (i.e. the path of the fake sufis)."

unjust and baseless tra-