Re: Hamza Yusuf: Permissible For Women To Lead Men In Prayer
Peace NomiCA
I’m surprised you think I am biased … I am not defending a molvi … I am defending scholarly leadership per se.
As I said in my post that you failed to say in your post … This day and age has different parameters … if the conditions change then we should adapt within the confines of the methodology of Islamic jurisprudence.
I also said there is a resistance to ijma’ from the past … which is reasonable.
If you were refering to my comparisons as irrelevant then that is your opinion … I believe them to be very applicable … in fact it is a universal fact that - the middle path is something which is neither too hard that it cannot fit and not too soft that it changes its form completely … don’t be too sweet and don’t be too bitter … this is the condition of universal wisdom if you cannot see this then I can’t do anything for you …
As the layman - we should defend every scholar - respect them for their accepted and unaccepted opinions. Note: None of the speech was openly his personal opinion - he merely voiced the opinion of past scholars … The critical need of today is that we need form layers of understanding between differences - not to creat rifts at our fault lines.