No Excuse Left.

In the Name of Allah,

All Praise is due to Allah, The King of mankind.

"And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude God’s favor on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren;and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire,and He saved you from it. Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided"(Quran 3:103)

"As for those who divide their religion and break up into sects, thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with God: He will in the end tell them the truth of all that they did."(Quran 6:159)

Last Night, topic of my blogs came up, and I was told that there are more than one correct way to follow the Sunnah, and if we follow any of them, we can't deem others wrong. I replied that if all of these different ways to follow the Sunnah lead back to Muhammad ibn Abdullah (PBUH) with authentic chain, then I agree them to be correct, however, if one school of thought goes against the Sunnah on the basis of their "Aql" or "Ijtihad" or "New World Understanding" while the Sunnah is clear, then they have certainly gone astray. I gave the example of "Hanafis" from Pakistan have ruled that women shall not come to masjid which is against the order of the Prophet (PBUH). In that case, their opinion is wrong and should be rejected from Islam. There can never be more than one correct opinion on a matter of Fiqh, rather more than one Sunnah to follow. It is fallacy to support the division of Muslims on the basis of difference of opinions.

Recently, a brother asked me for opinion on a issue, and I was able to find the answer quickly for him. While looking for the answer, I read somewhere that said that we should honor the difference of opinion between the Four Aima because they ruled according to the information available during their time. This pierced through my heart. So, the excuse for Taqleed is that infromation was not easily available for all the Muslim scholars to unite on one opinion. Now, they give the excuse that level of piety is not as high so we should not do ijtihad.

Well, brothers and sisters, the excuses have run out, because now I can setup a conference between Saudi , Paksitani, and South African Scholar, and provide them all the text and opinions from the past, and get them to resolve every single difference of opinion one by one.  I doubt that scholars are willing to discuss the differences though.

In reality the differences are very few, and most of them can be reconciled, and rest can be left for people to chose from. Bigger issue is that we have no Imam. Everyone is taken back at this when I say it, but when I explain it that Imam at masjid is not in charge today. There is no authority given to them. Community doesn't follow their orders. Even the masjid shura does not heed to their opinions. In Islamic Center of Orlando, for example, Imam is over ruled by the shura, and the shura is overruled by the Ameer, and the Ameer is overruled by the trustees. This is against the Sunnah. Creating puppet Aima (plural of Imam) is a mistake.

So, creating a common fiqh will be useless unless we have an Imam with authority. For example, European countries took the first step to unite on the Currency, but there is no Imam of Europe, so now they are fighting over the Currency. Germany would like to take charge, but last time they tried to rule Europe, it did not turn out good. So, Islamic Sharia without a single Muslim ruler is like an army without commander in chief.

Yes, we do have career priests who mimic Christian and Jews in leading the worship, and resign on the decisions. Then, we have people with authority who can't even understand the three level of Tawheed, let alone make a decision according to Islam. If there was a war, and if an enemy priest walks up the military line today and ask Muslims for their priest, I guarantee you that the Muslim generals will have someone with a beard and a funny hat to go meet him. However, with Khalid bin Waleed, there was no "Imam", as he was the leader and Imam, and the General.

In conclusion, there are no excuses now to not consolidate the Fiqh or have local Imam who are appointed with authority for the community, and who are obeyed in every order except when they go against the Quran and the Sunnah openly. All the tools are here now to communicate at the global level. I will be the first to take bayah on his hand in Orlando, or globally, and surrender my differences. With puppet Imam, and fractured Fiqh, I do not feel obligated to surrender my objections.

I am trying to verify this, but it seems that Saudi moonsighting was a hoax, and millions in USA followed and did Taqleed. People who give you lecture on not doing Taqleed were caught in this act, and now it seems that Saudis have ordered their citizen to make up for the missed fast. And Allah knows best. Please let me know if you can confirm or deny this.

May Allah destroy the ones who divide us in the name of the Fiqh.

JazakAllah Khairin

A person in wait
AbuArman Jumani