Re: Similarity in Hinduism & Islaam
assalamu 'alaykum
I would also like to add a confirmation of Islamic Jurisprudence regarding all previous faiths.
In the Hanafi Madhab it is the basic fundamental belief that all previous faiths have been “Abrogated”. Islam is now the final and only faith in the eyes of Allah ta’ala (Maturidi 'Aqida of Sunni Islam).
Since all past faiths were also Islam but all the truth left in them has also been abrogated. The Message of Islam brought by the Last and the Best of All Creation Ya RasulAllah :as: has abrogated all those previous faiths.
Those Hindus and neo proto sufis trying to give a picture of Islam as an orientalist leaning pantheistic faith are just presenting their own ideas. The assertion
“All religions have the same message” is false.
The Message of Islam is the only true Message. All the rest Messages are either false or abrogated. Below is an important notice for Sunni Muslims who are unaware of the discussion in this post.
If you follow the Hanafi Madhab, the vast majority in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, then you must believe in the 'Aqida of Islam abrogating all previous faiths. If you do not, and then die upon believing in the truth of all faiths then the hellfire is promised for such a person.
Thaqib