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As Salaam Alaikum,

I am sorry akhi, I think I offended you. You know I have a whole thread opened against me since I mis-typed a fathah so I thought this forum was extremely strict on tajweed. Anyway I did not mean it in a demeaning manner. If I offended you, I ask your forgiveness and I ask Allah to forgive me. Anyway akhi, as for your question on it being Hanbali or Salafi, it did not confuse me at all. My answer was clear, it may seem something strange to some people on this forum but one can be Hanafi, Shafai'i, Maaliki or Hanbali and still be Salafi. If by Salafi you mean some new cult or sect then we are free from any sect in Islaam, we stick only to the Kitaab, the Sunnah and the methodology of the Sahahaabah.

As for being a 'Mawlana' then I am far from anything like that ... in fact the word Mawlana would technically translate to 'Our protector' and if anyone tells you that he is 'Mawlana' then know the first off he does not know Arabic.

Al-humdulillah I did have the opportunity to study and I do have Isnaad and Ijazaa in the books that I teach from. If you want to see them please contact me ibnfarooq@yahoo.com