Question
Is congregational loud thikr permissible in the Musjid? The reason I ask is because I am an ex- 'Barelwi' who has "converted" to Deobandi teachings but now I see Deobandi Musjids doing the same things that Barelwi Musjids are doing. Last night I went to a lecture programme in Durban. I was shocked to see the first half of the program being taken up by congregational loud recitation of 40 Durood and Thikr. Now I am confused.
Answer
Whilst you are an 'ex-Barelwi', the crowd who had participated in the innovated (bid'ah) ritual in the Musjid is ex-Deobandi. Those who participate in such innovations are inclining towards Barelwi'ism. The time will dawn soon when these so-called 'Deobandi' bid'atis and the Barelwi Bid'atis will be one single soul in two bodies. They have no resemblance with Deoband or the Ulama of Deoband. They have lost the Path – the Path of the Sunnah – which the Ulama of Deoband had always defended and guarded. A bid'ah remains bid'ah and impermissible whether practised by Barelwis or Deobandis.
By having converted to Deobandi teachings, you have adopted the Sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) which was the mission of the Ulama of Deoband. Whilst you have entered the Path of the Sunnah, the Bid'atis whom you have seen in the Musjid have entered into the Path of Bid'ah.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 21 No 07
- PDF page
- 3
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