Question
Hadhrat Thanvi said, "Nowadays this illness is widespread amongst the people of the truth that they compare the Madhaahib of the Mujtahids in such a way that it gives the impression that the other Madhaahib are invalid. For example, they will give preference to the Hanafi position on an issue in such a way that it gives the impression of the Shaafi`ee position being invalid.....In differed upon issues, one should not regard one side as definitively right and the other side as definitively wrong, because sometimes the reality is disclosed at the time of death."
Answer
We are in full agreement with what Hadhrat Thanvi said on bigoted preference to one's Math-hab. However, that attitude applied to his time in India and perhaps elsewhere. It does not apply to us. We show utmost respect to all Four Math-habs, and we propagate that followers must strictly follow their respective Math-habs and not be like chameleons such as the MJC sheikhs and even the pseudo deobandi molvis of today. They do not know whether they are moving forward or backwards. They are the muqallids of their nafs, not of the Deen.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 24 No 08
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Appears under ‘SEERAH JALSAHS’ — SHAITAANI LOGIC (approximate).