Who made you a Qadi/Judge?

We have a lot of sectarian problems at the moment and these are adding
to the confusion of this time. Just imagine that you are an outsider
and you see groups of Muslims attacking each other. It's certainly not
a pretty sight nor does it attract one to the religion.
I am criticised a lot for stepping back and not involving myself and
sometimes not even voicing my opinion. I simply do not wish to be
involved in fighting people or even refuting people unnecessarily.
There are times when people need tobe refuted because they are causing
tribulation. But does that have to be done every time we speak? In
every Khutba? Even during Ramadan when we need spiritual advice
instead we a treated to a barrage of abuse aimed at particular groups.
I for one agree with the reliable opinion of the Hanafi school and the
reliable opinions of the Maturdi and Ashari school of doctrine. (Most
people are a mix of these schools of doctrine even thought they claim
to be otherwise!) Yet within these schools sectarianism has occurred
and I refute those who insult their Prophet whether intentional or not
but I do not make it my lives work!
I prefer taking a step back from all this tribulation andrefrain from
comment. The average person is now repeating the mistakes of their
Imams and purposely chasing those people who they think are wrong. It
is almost relentless and the zeal in which these average people are
chasingscholars for their 'errors' is something repugnant. They also
attack people who know the scholars andtheir students. In the most
Unislamic way imaginable with swearwords and speech full of hate.
Where has their Islamic manners gone?
No one likes to be told thatthey are doing a bad job orthat they do
not know what to do. Yet groups of people who do not know their own
Aqida correctly are attacking those who know their doctrine much
better than them.
Some groups claim that some things are disbelief when they are clearly
not and it is only their group who think it is! This is problematic
because the Awwam (the average person) should not be doing anything
but concentrating on their worship. This basic fact is something they
have failedto do. Many do not know what breaks their ablution nor do
they know what breaks their prayer but because they are Muslim they
think this gives them a divine right to correct scholars.
Who made you a Qadi?
If someone pronounces a word of disbelief then the case is brought
before a Qadi/Judge who asks the person if he realises the
ramifications of his words. If he does not recant then he is
imprisoned a scholar is brought to him to explain the issues and he
isgiven time to reconsider. Only when he does not after a given period
is the apostate killed. Just like if someone committed treachery to
the Crown who that person be killed ifconvicted. Now that we do not
have judges we have people who do their own vigilante style court in
which they apostate who they hate and give excuses to those they love!
So when one of their own imams commits apostasy on the pulpit because
he has tried to respect the Prophet (may Allah bestowpeace and
blessings upon him) by disrespecting the other Prophets. He is given
an excuse but when others do the same, then that person is attacked
and hounded. This happens in more instances than you can imagine.
We have misguided loyalties in that we think we are defending Islam
butinstead we are defending the politics of our group and not Islam at
all. We also think that everyone is astray except our group and we
claim to be Ahl-Sunna wa Jammah. Well, your group has only been around
for a hundred or so years, how can it just be you that are right? So
does that mean that there was no Ahl-Sunna until your group came? How
canthat be right? The Ahl-Sunna wa Jammah wasnot a specific group of
people from a certain place. Rather is it the corpus of rulings and
the followers of the scholars from the beginning of Islam until its
end. Those that fit into the four schools of Fiqh and the Ashari and
Maturdi schools of doctrine.
A popular singer once wrote love is blindness andit truly is when
people are not willing to look at their own errors yet jump upon the
errors of others like lions after their prey. Our love has made us
blind andthis misleading others.
What do we do then?
Overlook, like we used to and we refer case or situations to scholars
who will correct scholars. When this is done then the scholar who
corrected him should not make the discussions public. They should
discuss the problemand come to a resolution then put the issue to bed.
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