Question
I am saddened by the ways our own Ulama of Deoband are participating in activities which even laymen understand are not permissible. These Ulama whom I believe to be Ulama of the Haqq also appear on haraam radio stations such as Al-Ansaar, Cii, etc. Although they do say that video and photography are haraam, they nevertheless allow themselves to be videoed and photographed, and this they do consciously. They even give Hajj talks to mixed gatherings of males and females without any Purdah. Then there are many other Ulama who are completely silent although they believe that what these Ulama are doing is haraam. What is happening to those who are supposed to be our guides?
Answer
Satanism is happening to them. You are labouring in deception for believing that they are Ulama of Deoband. One does not become a member of the Fraternity of Deobandi Ulama merely by doing a stint of study at a Deobandi affiliated Madrasah. One is a Deobandi only if one walks along the Path established by the Akaabir Ulama of Deoband.
Those whom you have mentioned are not Ulamae-Haqq. They are ulama-e -soo'. They are the agents of Iblees, and the silent ones are 'Dumb Devils'.
There is an avalanche of baatil let loose by the ulama-e-soo'. It is at least some consolation that some of them are at least saying that videos and pictures, etc. are haraam although they do not practise what they preach. Soon will they become so desensitized that they will no longer say that these evils are haraam. They will justify videos, television, etc. as Mufti Taqi is presently doing.
May Allah Ta'ala guide us and save us from the evil of our own nafs and from the snares of shaitaan. We do not know what will be our own condition tomorrow. "Imaan is between fear and hope."
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- The Majlis Vol 24 No 07
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- 7
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