It is contended by an internationally recognized Mufti that, notwithstanding the Salafis advocating views that are in conflict with the Ahlus Sunnah W

Answer

The view of the 'internationally recognized' Mufti Sahib is incorrect. If the Salafis who follow the likes of Albaani and Ibn Taimiyyah have to be included within the confines of the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah, then we might just as well also include the deviate aunts and witches who insanely clamour for a woman's eidgah and for women to rub shoulders in public with males. We can then also include all hues of modernists in the folds of the Ahlus Sunnah because all of these unfortunate deviates proffer Qur'aanic aayaat and Ahaadith to bolster their corruption and stupidity.

The view of the 'internationally recognized' mufti sahib opens a wide gate for inclusion of the myriad of miscreants and deviates because all of them purport to be following the Qur'aan and Hadith.

Salafis like all other deviant sects, whilst professing to follow Qur'aan and Sunnah, subject these two primary sources of the Shariah to their nafsaani opinion. Furthermore, they are dishonest just as the Shiahs. Whilst they pretend to be mujtahideen, they in fact are blind followers of Ibn Taimiyyah whose blind taqleed was advocated in this age by their Imaam Al-Baani. Whilst they are the blindest followers – following like dumb sheep, they most dishonestly scream: 'Qur'aan and Sunnah!' This slogan is to beguile the ignorant and the unwary.

Whilst the Taqleed of the Ahlus Sunnah is rooted in the Sahaabah via the Aimmah Mujtahideen who were either the Students of the Sahaabah or the Students of the Students of the Sahaabah, the blind taqleed of the Salafis of our time comes to an abrupt halt in the person of Ibn Taimiyyah. From Ibn Taimiyyah to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) there is a vast chasm of almost seven centuries. This chasm is too wide to jump and to link the chain to the Sahaabah.

Ibn Taimiyyah had no alternative but to make blind taqleed of the kitaabs of Muhadditheen for his stock of Ahaadith. And, the Muhadditheen appeared on the horizon of Islam a couple of centuries after

Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). After selecting Ahaadith from the kutub of the Muhadditheen, he formulated his own masaa-il based on his personal opinion.

On the basis of the logic of the 'internationally recognized' mufti sahib, Rasulullah's Hadith pertaining to the 73 sects will be negated because in terms of the wide and unlimited scope with which this august Mufti Sahib has painted the concept of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah, all deviant groups will come within the fold of the Ahlus Sunnah, and this is manifestly baatil.

The problem with 'internationally recognized' molvis, sheikhs and muftis is the loss of their Deeni bearings as a consequence of mixing and sitting in the company of fussaaq Middle Eastern and other modernist 'scholars', and participating in conferences and meetings organized by the Saudi Salafi regime and other modernists such as the capitalist bankers, etc. The thrust of modernism has knocked these 'internationally recognized' ulama out of their Deeni wits. Ikhtilaat (mingling) must compulsorily excercise its influence.

An Aalim of the Haqq who is supposed to be the Representative of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) may not mingle and sit in the company of rulers and fussaaq men of wealth. Warning against such mingling,

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said to Hadhrat Aishah (radhiyallahu anha): "If you intend linking up with me (in Qiyaamah), then content yourself with worldly provisions sufficient for a rider on horseback. Never regard a garment old (and fit to be discarded) as long as you can patch it, and beware of the companionship of the wealthy."

Further, warning the Ulama and the Qurra', Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: "Verily, the most hated of the Qurraa' by Allah are those who visit the rulers."

Since the honourable 'internationally recognized' Mufti Sahib has modernist and Salafi company to placate and appease, he is constrained to baselessly include the Salafis within the confines of the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah. But this is manifestly baatil. Polished brains are not a requisite for understanding this fact. In this age, the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah is confined to the Four Math-habs.