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**SM9WI8oI** · 04-11-2009, 08:51 PM

Now, the Ulama of Sindh find it highly unfair and un-scholarly to pay so much attention to Ibn Abidin's work and leave aside the works of the great Sindhi Ulama, when the Sindhi's were masters in every field, especially Hadith and Fiqh, when Ibn Abidin was not a hadith master at all.
To add insult to injury, most Hanafi's worldwide, rely nearly completely on ibn Abidin's Hashiyah, accepting nearly anything put forward by ibn Abidin, no matter how incorrect it may be!
This formed great dislike in the Sindhi Ulama for the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin, causing Mawlana Gulam Mustafa to attack him in that manner.

So, while the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin definitely isn't close to as bad as claimed by Ml. Ghulam Saheb, it definitely isn't a book that should be blindly relied upon and given the final say in every matter.

Are there other prominent ulama, particularly those in the Arab world, who have made similar criticisms of this trend of excessive reliance on Ibn Abidin's Hashyah, or are the Ulama of Sindh alone in having this attitude?

04-11-2009, 08:51 PM	#32
SM9WI8oI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Now, the Ulama of Sindh find it highly unfair and un-scholarly to pay so much attention to Ibn Abidin's work and leave aside the works of the great Sindhi Ulama, when the Sindhi's were masters in every field, especially Hadith and Fiqh, when Ibn Abidin was not a hadith master at all. To add insult to injury, most Hanafi's worldwide, rely nearly completely on ibn Abidin's Hashiyah, accepting nearly anything put forward by ibn Abidin, no matter how incorrect it may be! This formed great dislike in the Sindhi Ulama for the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin, causing Mawlana Gulam Mustafa to attack him in that manner. So, while the Hashiyah of Ibn Abidin definitely isn't close to as bad as claimed by Ml. Ghulam Saheb, it definitely isn't a book that should be blindly relied upon and given the final say in every matter. Are there other prominent ulama, particularly those in the Arab world, who have made similar criticisms of this trend of excessive reliance on Ibn Abidin's Hashyah, or are the Ulama of Sindh alone in having this attitude?
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