Re: Javed Ghamidi being criticized?
I get what your saying, but his views have some great explanation/reasoning behind it. And if it makes sense then how is it wrong? Everything he says is backed up with valid words of Quran and the historic period being kept in mind. I want to see some good explanations of why he is wrong.
Also Psyah, I am not one of those who believe that if majority agree than it has to be right. Maybe I over think, But a good explanation is what always satisfies me, most other scholars never have a satisfying valid explanation. :(
Peace lil_ash
If that is so then Ghamidi is the "scholar" for you ... I did already explain ... this modern day and age has given people a sense of importance in their own understandings. So people like Ghamidi appeal to people who have a sense of self-worth in their own logic and understandings.
It is not to say I don't give worth to my own understandings - I do... but I use my logic and reasoning to conform to traditions and I do not have a "new" way to think about things. Just a "new" way to understanding the same things of the past explanations. As intelligent as we think we are ... we should never consider ourselves more intelligent than years and years of research and culminated knowledge of scholary works being passed through traditions.
But who am I to tell you that? If you think Ghamidi is better for you then that is the choice you have every right to make ... I have made my selection of scholars based on what I have gathered to be upright and good in them.
The scholars of my choice are:
Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Shaykh Gibril Haddad
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Shaykh Nu Ha Meem Keller
Shaykh Zaid Shakir
Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
Shaykh Faisal Abdul-Razzaq
Shaykh Ninowi
Notice how none of them are Pakistani? However, for fiqh matters there are many Pakistani and Indian scholars I can take from.
What I look for is:
a) Character and attraction
b) Knowledge that is pertinent to the day
c) A desire to respect and honour scholars of the past
d) Established sanad of ijaza (authenticity and permissions to transmit understandings)
a) and d) outweigh every other requirement for me ... it is because I cannot assess knowledge of scholars because in order to do so I would have to have more knowledge than them ... and I cannot see how respect is being attributed to scholars either and which scholars are part of the accepted chains are also part of the knowledge of history that I do not claim to have either.
There have been a few topics that he has commented on that generally go against certain aqeedah principles. His focus is on a common sense approach to life, from what I have seen. However I believe people who agree with him and accept him are comparing him with the "Pakistani representatives /religious-political stooges, dabba-peers and diesel molvis" rather than looking worldwide at the global arena of scholars.
You misunderstood my point STA.