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 Topic: VOL 15 NO 05
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VOL 15 NO 5: Naseehat for Talaba and Asaatizah of The Daarul Ulooms |
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Posted by: TheMajlis
In the present age there are two kinds of corruption in the Talaba (Students of Daarul Ulooms): Corruption in relation to the quest for Ilm, and corruption in relation to Akhlaaq (Islamic moral character). Comparatively speaking, it can be discerned with great clarity that the difference between Talaba and Asaatizah of this age and those illustrious Mutaqaddimeen Ulama (of bygone times) is like the distance between east and west.
THEIR ENTHUSIASM
The enthusiasm for the quest of Ilm in those noble beings was such that they would undertake difficult journeys of hundreds of miles to gain the knowledge of one Hadith. They underwent extreme hardship in the mission to investigate even a single narrator of Hadith. If, inspite of all the hardship they did not attain the goal, they would not abandon the quest.
They spent nights investigating, researching and studying a single mas’alah, and they would fully engross their brains to unravel and understand every line (of their lessons). Volumes have been compiled on their selfless sacrifices in their true quest for the acquisition of Knowledge (of the Deen).
Their material state was such that they were without text books. They could not afford oil for the lamp. They had no sponsor to assume responsibility for the necessary expenses of their studies (food, clothing, etc.). They passed their days in hunger but diligently pursued the Path in the quest of Ilm. I heard from reliable authorities that there were 22 Talaba (Students) in the Bukhaari Sharief class of Hadhrat Maulana Shah Muhammad Ishaaq (rahmatullah alayh), but they had only one copy of Bukhaari Sharief. To acquire the jewels of Ilm they dived deep into the ocean of talab (search). If the episodes of their search have to be narrated to present-day Talaba, it will not be surprising if they refute these as beingfar-fetched.
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VOL 15 NO 5: Legalizing Riba -- Nothing New |
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Posted by: TheMajlis
According to press reports, the Azhar university in Cairo, Egypt has issued a ‘fatwa’ (sic) declaring the permissibility of fixed interest. One such report says:
“Islam’s highest authority, the Al-Azhar Institute in Cairo, has given a green light to fixed banking interest in Egypt.”
“Sabar Talaab, the head of the secretariat, said on Sunday that Al-Azhar’s Islamic theological research committee had reached the verdict on October 31.”
“Religious jurisprudence means change and it is illogical to remain frozen while the world changes around us,” said Talaab.”
While the shayaateen masquerading as Muslims make such comments and ‘legalize’ what Allah has made Haraam, the Qur’aan Majeed unequivocally declares:
“Those who devour interest do not stand except as stands one who has been driven to madness by the touch of shaitaan. That (madness of theirs) is because they say: ‘Certainly, trade is like Ribaa.’ But Allah has made lawful trade and has made haraam ribaa.”
“O People of Imaan! Fear Allah! And shun what remains of ribaa if indeed you are Mu’mineen. And, if you do not do so, then take notice of war from Allah And His Rasool….”
(Surah Baqarah, aayaat 275, 278, 279)
NOTHING NEW
The attempt to make interest halaal is nothing new. The enemies of Islam and zindeeqs, especially in this age of anti-Taqleedi’ism, have and are always subjecting the Shariah to personal opinion. The sinister motive of all these zindeeqs — the latest example being the MPL crowd — is material gain—monetary gain –worldly acclaim, etc. They perceive the Shariah as a huge impediment in the path of ‘progress’ —progress in the conception of western ideology. It has therefore become expedient and necessary for the zindeeqs to make haraam things lawful, left, right and centre.
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VOL 15 NO 5: Islamic Banks and Riba |
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Posted by: TheMajlis
Question
The Al-Baraka Islamic Bank charges a ’penalty’ on late payment of instalments. Is this not like the interest which non-Muslim banks charge when an instalment is not met on due date? Al-Baraka claims that Mufti Taqi Usmani of Karachi Darul Uloom, Pakistan has given the okay for this ’penalty’. Please comment.
Answer
The ‘penalty’ which Al-Baraka allegedly charges on overdue instalments is haraam riba. Interest cannot be legalized by changing its name and calling it penalty. Whether interest is described as penalty, profit, dividend, service fee, etc., it remains haraam riba. We do not know what question Al-Baraka has posed to Mufti Taqi Saheb and in which way the question was adorned nor have we seen the Mufti’s fatwa or opinion. But, even if Mufti Taqi Saheb has issued a ‘fatwa’ of permissibility, it is a grievious blunder and not a fatwa of the Shariah. It will be his personal opinion which has no validity in the Shariah.
The modernists who are anti-Taqleed and who have shrugged off the Taqleed of the Math-habs, are quick to hide behind the skirts of liberal-minded scholars like Mufti Taqi Saheb who generally presents his personal opinion on contemporary issues. Mufti Taqi Saheb’s opinions are becoming increasingly contradictory of the Shariah. Hence, we cannot attach much importance to what he says. In view of his liberal attitude and quick presentation of opinion we find modernists like Judge Navsa of the MPL committee and modernists attached to banks and similar institutions looking up to him for such “fatwas” which depart from the Shariah and which are widely divergent from Shar’i views which have been reliably transmitted to us from the Akaabireen. There is no doubt in the prohibition of the interest which Al-Baraka charges and which it tries to conceal under subterfuge of the misnomer, ‘penalty’.
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