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**gerturiotf** · 04-02-2012, 12:56 PM

I was just wondering about that. Recently someone has been saying Imam Ghazali was refuted on this and that... Maybe it was just those particular issues. Or is there a general problem Hanafis have?

He was a Shafie. What if Imam Ghazali had been Hanafi?

Imam Ghazzali is respected a lot by our scholars. Naturally, scholarly differences will always exist, considering the difference in Madhahib. But I don't think that it is a "general problem that Hanafis have with the Imam."
The second question is undeserving of an answer.
Mawlana 'Ali Miyan Nadwi's, "Saviours of the Islamic Spirit" (which I am reading right now) has Imam Ghazzali's name in vol 1 and the chapter dedicated to him is of 65 pages, much longer than the chapters dedicated to Shaykh 'Abdul Qadir Gilani, Imam Ahmad, Hasan al Basri & 'Umar the Second. That itself should speak volumes about the esteem in which our elders hold him.

04-02-2012, 12:56 PM	#2
gerturiotf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	I was just wondering about that. Recently someone has been saying Imam Ghazali was refuted on this and that... Maybe it was just those particular issues. Or is there a general problem Hanafis have? He was a Shafie. What if Imam Ghazali had been Hanafi? Imam Ghazzali is respected a lot by our scholars. Naturally, scholarly differences will always exist, considering the difference in Madhahib. But I don't think that it is a "general problem that Hanafis have with the Imam." The second question is undeserving of an answer. Mawlana 'Ali Miyan Nadwi's, "Saviours of the Islamic Spirit" (which I am reading right now) has Imam Ghazzali's name in vol 1 and the chapter dedicated to him is of 65 pages, much longer than the chapters dedicated to Shaykh 'Abdul Qadir Gilani, Imam Ahmad, Hasan al Basri & 'Umar the Second. That itself should speak volumes about the esteem in which our elders hold him.
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