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**jackie Obrian** · 07-16-2012, 04:39 AM

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Today i read the whole discussion : Shaykh Ali Laraki Criticizes Deobandis and as i wanted to find some further informations on the Shaykh's position on niqab, i typed a quick research which lead me to those 2 discussions : A question on the niqab for the murabitun and : 'CALL IT AS IT IS!' by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi.
I read all of them... spent many hours and one may consider it as a waste of time, but i need to clarify all those things... and i do consider it quite important. My understanding of the 2 shaykhs you mention above is that they do not consider the face cover for women to be wajib. They are also against the widespread adoption of the color black by women, and feel this has been spread through Saudi influence. They think the Saudi regime is very liberal on riba and very strict on women as a result (because they have no control of their economic life as men, they have exerted control over women to compensate, it is a type of psychological illness of the nafs to do this). They are Malikis and they do not believe that the beard for men needs to be any particular length. They think it is far more important for Muslims to have a halal muamala (economy, trade, and commerce) than the size of the beard or the face veil, men should be exerting their masculine power in these fields instead of in these other issues that are of 'less importance'. Look at what the shariah says about Riba and its evils and compare it to what it says about the face veil or the beard and see which should be prioritised by Muslims. Allah

declares war on people who do riba...yet most Muslims pay more attention to other issues of less importance.

07-16-2012, 04:39 AM	#4
jackie Obrian Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	[QUOTE=mutajawwilah;793695] Today i read the whole discussion : Shaykh Ali Laraki Criticizes Deobandis and as i wanted to find some further informations on the Shaykh's position on niqab, i typed a quick research which lead me to those 2 discussions : A question on the niqab for the murabitun and : 'CALL IT AS IT IS!' by Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi. I read all of them... spent many hours and one may consider it as a waste of time, but i need to clarify all those things... and i do consider it quite important. My understanding of the 2 shaykhs you mention above is that they do not consider the face cover for women to be wajib. They are also against the widespread adoption of the color black by women, and feel this has been spread through Saudi influence. They think the Saudi regime is very liberal on riba and very strict on women as a result (because they have no control of their economic life as men, they have exerted control over women to compensate, it is a type of psychological illness of the nafs to do this). They are Malikis and they do not believe that the beard for men needs to be any particular length. They think it is far more important for Muslims to have a halal muamala (economy, trade, and commerce) than the size of the beard or the face veil, men should be exerting their masculine power in these fields instead of in these other issues that are of 'less importance'. Look at what the shariah says about Riba and its evils and compare it to what it says about the face veil or the beard and see which should be prioritised by Muslims. Allah declares war on people who do riba...yet most Muslims pay more attention to other issues of less importance.
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