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**Sheelldaw** · 06-30-2012, 06:16 AM

Salam
i hope you are all well., my question is regarding the approach our deoband scholars take regarding the madhub. because they seem so strict and strong in their fatwa and fiqh etc, would that heavy invovlement prompt "sufi treatment"

I am speaking out of my comfortable levels, however i noticed Sheikh ali laraki (maliki) on facebook state

Fifth: I had said it many times: I do not endorse the modernist approach of jumping and cherry-picking from the madhhabs, nor I endorse the "www.weekopinioninthemadhhab4everybody.com" attitude. But I don't like deobandic rigidity nor puritanism (by the way, both go together). I consider them sicknesses of the heart that need sufi treatment.

would people agree and say this isnt correct and deoband has produced many sufi scholars aswell

Of course, this is just Sheikh Ali Laraki's assessment, but I wonder if it is made from a distance or from up close?

Didn't he study in Morocco? maybe he has only come across the people who call themselves Deobandi but have become disconnected from sufism? Maybe he is unaware of the sufism that is at the heart of "Deobandism", or maybe the sufism of the Deobandis is different from his idea of sufism?

There is little point getting upset at what is probably an unconsidered and throwaway comment.

Al-Murabitun seem quite relaxed over many fiqh matters, for their particular reasons.

When Darul Uloom Deoband was founded it started a tradition of seeking to preserve orthodox Islam in the modern world, therefore their strictness and cautiousness over fiqh matters is also for their particular reasons.

no point in trying to make everyone the same.

06-30-2012, 06:16 AM	#10
Sheelldaw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	Salam i hope you are all well., my question is regarding the approach our deoband scholars take regarding the madhub. because they seem so strict and strong in their fatwa and fiqh etc, would that heavy invovlement prompt "sufi treatment" I am speaking out of my comfortable levels, however i noticed Sheikh ali laraki (maliki) on facebook state Fifth: I had said it many times: I do not endorse the modernist approach of jumping and cherry-picking from the madhhabs, nor I endorse the "www.weekopinioninthemadhhab4everybody.com" attitude. But I don't like deobandic rigidity nor puritanism (by the way, both go together). I consider them sicknesses of the heart that need sufi treatment. would people agree and say this isnt correct and deoband has produced many sufi scholars aswell Of course, this is just Sheikh Ali Laraki's assessment, but I wonder if it is made from a distance or from up close? Didn't he study in Morocco? maybe he has only come across the people who call themselves Deobandi but have become disconnected from sufism? Maybe he is unaware of the sufism that is at the heart of "Deobandism", or maybe the sufism of the Deobandis is different from his idea of sufism? There is little point getting upset at what is probably an unconsidered and throwaway comment. Al-Murabitun seem quite relaxed over many fiqh matters, for their particular reasons. When Darul Uloom Deoband was founded it started a tradition of seeking to preserve orthodox Islam in the modern world, therefore their strictness and cautiousness over fiqh matters is also for their particular reasons. no point in trying to make everyone the same.
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