Maulana Maudodi

Das_Reich · December 8, 2005, 8:09pm

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so you mean their should be no discussion on Islamic history assuming if we have the sources and facts to back it up? and where exactly should we get “proper religious education”

Lajawab · December 8, 2005, 8:16pm

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Discuss all you want, but look closely at Bao's answer...There should be no argument over who's right or wrong...Everyone has their points including the Ulema being discussed...Just don't drag anyone's name in the dirt...

I know Maulana Maududi has a bad reputation amongst a few scholars but that in no way nullifies his sacrifices, his knowledge and efforts to spread the Deen...

I really loved Maulan Maududi's article about the simplest of Islamic injunction: The Salam...

No scholar is a Nabi and no scholar is free from mistakes...Those mistakes are no grounds for us to mock or ridicule them...

Das_Reich · December 8, 2005, 8:25pm

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Bro I am not criticising any scholar in particular or dragging anyones name in the dirt but my question is which version of the story do you think is right? one given by maulana maududi or the one given by his rivals?

FrozenFire · December 8, 2005, 10:31pm

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i dont like Maudodi becuz of what he has wrote in his books.....

Das_Reich · December 8, 2005, 10:42pm

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Can you be more specific which parts you didnt like?

MiniMe · December 8, 2005, 10:48pm

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People like Syed Qutab, Maudodi and scholars like Dr. Israr are a challenge to all those people who think that Islamic jurisprudence should be limited to just four or five opinions.

Lajawab · December 8, 2005, 11:09pm

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I wouldn’t call disagreement between the scholars as rivalry, Reich…That’s like saying they are trying to outdo each other…

However, Bao Ji’s post would tell you in the simplest terms that ‘some’ aspects of Maulana sahib’s opinions were subject to debate…But not by the likes of me…

dope · December 8, 2005, 11:18pm

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This makes sense to me.

FrozenFire · December 9, 2005, 3:46am

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like bao bihari said… although this is the first time im agreeing with him but unfortunately thats one of the many things that ive read in maudoodi’s books a while back…

bao_bihari · December 9, 2005, 5:20am

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^ I forgot to mention the splendid work Moudodi sahib did in his tafseer of Ayah Khatum un nabiyeen-
His work aginst Kazzabs inshallah will be enough for him-

Captain 1-- I dont want to write what else he wrote- for the simple reason that many will end up ignoring his good works- ANyway will inshallah post some with my comments later this evening-
:topic:
Any one know what is the meaning of word maudodi-Never heared this name before or after-?
EDIT:
Frozen- YOu dont like what maudodi wrote?-well I have some gems (more gross comments then these) about prophets in another writers books..want me to show these to you-

Das_Reich · December 9, 2005, 5:31am

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bro please do discuss what else he wrote even if we think it was wrong we should not lose our obectivity and should always honor him for his great works afterall how many among us can claim to be a alim-e-deen?

AQ · December 9, 2005, 5:33am

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I was about to write the same.

I have one of his books on the topic you just mentioned… It’s a splendid work and I would give it 10 stars.

Destino · December 9, 2005, 11:10am

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The following rebuttal to Maudoodi should reduce your 10 star rating..

AQ · December 9, 2005, 12:50pm

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oh,, the Mirzai site :-D

armughal · December 9, 2005, 2:22pm

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the book from which bao bihari has quoted the sentences (as i mentioned earlier in my first post in this thread) is perhaps one of the worst books i’ve seen, filled of sectarian hatred…

if maududi was at fault, then the author(s) of that book r clearly at a bigger fault…

maududi’s book khilafat-o-malookiyat, is published with proper refernce for each and every event he mentioned, wonder why u call it a lame attempt…

Destino · December 9, 2005, 2:30pm

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Rebuttal of Maudoodian philosophy of violent islam.

http://www.alislam.org/library/books/mna/index.html

Destino · December 9, 2005, 2:31pm

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http://www.alislam.org/books/apostacy/index.html

Captain1 · December 9, 2005, 3:00pm

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^ aur koi link bacha hay "alislam" pe? :-|

Destino · December 9, 2005, 4:18pm

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Cant say.

bao_bihari · December 10, 2005, 3:35am

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Which Book? * Ikhtolaf e Ummat wa siratul mustaqeem * By Moulana Yousaf ?

OK here is what i have found-

Some excerpts from MOulana yousaf’s book

I admired many things about Maududi Saheb and detested many. For a long time I did not wish to degrade him. I felt that from his innovated style of presentation the modern generation could benefit. Although at times such compositions appeared from him that it was not possible to endure it, but taking into consideration the Deeni (religious) well being, I tolerated and kept silent. I did not foresee that this fitnah (mischief) would spread worldwide and have a detrimental effect on the Arab world; that every day from his master pen new buds would keep on blossoming, and indecent words would be used regarding the Sahabah kiraam Ridhwanullahi Alayhim and the Anbiyya (Prophets) Alayhimus Salaam. Later on, such things appeared daily in the Tafhimul Quraan. [163]

Now it has become known without doubt that his writings and publications are the greatest fitnah of the present time, notwithstanding a few beneficial treatises that have appeared. It is the case of, ‘and the sin of them is greater than their usefulness.’[164] Now that stage has been reached where to keep silent seems to be a great crime. It is regretted that for forty years an offensive silence was kept. Now the time has dawned, where without fear of rebuttal and censure all his writings from A to Z should be thoroughly studied with a view to fulfill the demands for the preservation of the Deen with Haqq (truth) and justice.

Shaykh Ludhianwi said[165]:

You are aware that Prophethood is a very sensitive issue. Any expression which debases a Nabi is inappropriate. Examine the entire treasure of ahadith of Nabi (peace be upon him) and you will not find the minutest doubt regarding any Nabi (peace be upon them), but Maududi’s pen, even after reaching the sanctuary of Prophethood, remains unacquainted with respect. Without compunction he mentions:

(a) The example of Musa (peace be upon him) is that of a hasty conqueror who continues marching without reinforcing his authority. Behind him in the captured land a revolt spreads like fire in a jungle.[166]

(b) Hadrat Dawud (peace be upon him) was influenced by the general custom of the Israeli society of his era and requested Urya to divorce his wife.[167]

(c) There was a carnal desire in the act of Hadrat Dawud (peace be upon him) and he misused his authority. It was an act which did not suit any acquiescent person in the government.[168]

(d) Hadrat Nuh (peace be upon him) was overcome by his human deficiency and he became prey to the emotions of ignorance.[169]

(e) The statement of Hadrat Yusuf (peace be upon him), ‘Appoint me as a treasurer of the land’ according to him was not merely a request for the post of treasury, as some people presume, but it was a demand for dictatorship. As a result of this, the position which Yusuf (peace be upon him) achieved was very much similar to the position Mussolini [170] held.[171] (f) Hadrat Yunus (peace be upon him) was negligent in the duty of Prophethood. Presumably he left his place before time after loosing his patience.[172]

After analyzing the severe consequences of the above statements made by Maududi , Shaykh Ludhianvi noted on the hundred and twenty first page of his above named work:

Whoever has read Maududi’s book Khilafat wa Mulukiyat[173] will testify that the Sahaba (may Allah be pleased with them all) are openly degraded in it, and the author’s animosity for the Sahaba (may Allah be pleased with them) is quite apparent.

Under the title “Termination of the superiority of the law”, Maududi writes:

(a) "Another abominable innovation that originated in the rise of Mu’awiyah is that he and the governors under his command used to vilify and swear at Hadrat Ali (radiallahu anhu) from the pulpit, to such an extent that even in Masjidun Nabawi[174] on the minbar of Rasulullah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) right in front of the Rowdah-e-Nabawi, the beloved cousin of Nabi (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to be vilified. The descendants and relatives of Ali (radiallahu anhu) used to bear this abuse. To swear at any person after his death, besides the Islamic illegality is ethically despicable. To pollute the Jummah (Friday sermon) with this filth was an extremely repulsive act.[175]

(b) Hadrat Mu’awiyah (radiallahu anhu) openly violated the Qur’an and Sunnah in the matter of the distribution of the booty. According to the Qur’an and the hadith, one fifth of the total spoils of war were to be given to the public treasury and the remaining four portions were to be distributed amongst the army that participated in the battle. But Mu’awiyah gave the order that the gold and silver were to be first taken out for him and the remaining distributed according to the Shari rule." [176]

(c) The enrolling of Ziyad ibn Sumayah was also one of the acts of Mu’awiyah which he perpetrated for political aims and thereby contravened an accepted law of Shari’ah. This was a completely unlawful act.[177]

(d) Hadrat Mu’awiyah regarded his governors as above the law and openly rejected Shar’i proceedings against their violations."[178]

If one wishes to discover more vile slanders and attacks (which are diametrically opposed to the beliefs of the Ahl-us-Sunnah wa’l Jama’ah), made against great Companions like Aisha, Hafsah, Abu Bakr, Uthman, Amr ibn al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with them all), and not to mention the great Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all) of the past - then please refer to Shaykh Ludhianvi’s works mentioned above for a detailed analysis.

So far, we have provided Maududi’s attacks on the past generations, but to finish of this section we will quote what he says of the awaited Imam al-Mahdi; without any direct proof from the sources of the Shari’ah - but rather from his own arrogant imaginations!

He said in his book: A Short History of the Revivalist Movement in Islam[179]:

"In my opinion the coming one will be a most modern leader of his age possessing an unusually deep insight in all the current branches of knowledge, and all the major problems of life. As regards statesmanship, political sagacity and strategic skill in war he will take the whole world by surprise and prove himself to be the most modern of all the moderns. But I am afraid that the people who will be the first. So called to raise hue and cry against his “innovations” will be the Ulema and the Sufis.

I also do not expect that his bodily features will be any different from the common man so as to render him easily recognizable. Neither do I expect that he will proclaim himself to be the Mehdi. Most probably he will not be aware of his being the promised Mehdi. People, however, will recognize him after his death from his works to be the one who was to establish “Caliphate after the pattern of Prophethood”, as mentioned in the prophecies.

As I have indicated above, none but a Prophet has any right to start his work with a claim, nor does anybody except a Prophet know with certainty the nature of his mission. ‘Mehdi-ism’ is not something to be claimed, it is rather something to be achieved. People who put forward such claims and those who readily accept them, in fact, betray a serious lack of knowledge and a degraded mentality.

Moreover, my view of the nature of the Mehdi’s mission is also different from the views cherished by these people. I do not find any room in his work for supernatural acts, divine inspirations and ascetic and spiritual exercises. I believe that the Mehdi, like any other revolutionary leader, will have to struggle hard and encounter all the obstacles common in this way. He will create a new School of Thought on the basis of pure Islam, change mental attitudes of the people, and initiate a strong movement which will at once be cultural and political. ‘Ignorance’ will muster all its forces and strength and come out to crush him, but he will eventually put it to rout and establish a powerful Islamic state…"

Indeed it was a lame attempt by madudi sahib-

Who gave the authority of passing judgements on ( not mearly quoting what happenied-but also passing judgement on who was right or wrong) prophets and sahbah and that too in such a tone-

I doubt that you have read the answer of Moulana Taqi reply to Khilafat o malukiyat ..

Any way- i do not wish to discuss this any more-

About moulana Yousaf’s book- What part you do not like-? i consider it a must read for all who wish to find the true path

Wasalam