In Volume V of his autobiography “Aap Beti” Qutbul Aqtab Shaikhul Hadith Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi (r.a.) himself writes:
[...] In both Deoband and Saharanpur, there were many Ahlul-Hadith students, but they never disclosed their adherence to the Ahlul-Hadith.
I told them not to hide their mazhab from me. They could come to my house at any time to discuss their problems. Some students (may Allah reward them) came to me to be connected in bay’at.
Some of them even suggested that I should demand of them, they would stop ‘raf-ul-yadayn’, ‘ameen-bil-jahr’ etc., but I told them: “You people are doing those thing in your earnest desire to implement Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam’s commands and practices. How can I ever prohibit you from doing so?”
Subhan’Allah, our Akabirs in general were so moderate and didn’t condemn people for interpreting Islam a different way. Indeed as long as someone is trying to satisfy Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala through his actions, he shouldn’t be stopped or criticised as long as his action aren’t against Shari’ah, harm other people or fall in the category of bidas (innovations).
A few pages later Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Zakariya Sahab (r.a.) writes down his thoughts in general abut “the Ahlul Hadith and us”.
I have no enmity with any Ahul Hadith scholars, so long as they do not use any insulting or degrading words against our Imams. In my mind ‘Shari’at’ is only that which is contained in Allah’s word and the words and practices of His Messenger Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. But in acting on the Hadith and in cross examining the Hadith, the research of the Imams is much more preferable to the research of a novice like myself. Then also, the era of the Imams was nearer to the era of the scholars of Hadith. For this reason the verdict of the Imams are more acceptable in the rejection and acceptance of Hadith than even the verdict of Muhadditheen and our research.
Imam Ahmed Hanbal is Imam Bukhari’s most noted teacher and Ustad, while Imam Ahmad is Imam Shafi’ee’s most prominent student. Imam Shafi’ee agan is the most famous student of Imam Malik. Imam Shafi’ee is on record as having said that he became a Jurist after studying the kitabs of Imam Muhammad the famous student of Imam Abu Hanifa. Furthermore there are twenty two chains of transmissions of Hadith in Bukhari Shareef, each consisting of three persons only, leading up to Rasulullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Of these twenty two, twenty of them contains transmitters, who are either students of Abu Hanifa or students of his students. As for us of this era, we are like a monkey who sits down with a piece of ginger and then calls himself a green-grocer.
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Ahlul-hadith fearing Mr. Zakariyyah? Qutb ul Aqtab?
Here are some references of biggest lies from the writings of the supposedly great scholar Mr. Zakariyyah in Fazai’l A’mal:
“Shaikh Abu Yazeed Qurtubi said, “I had heard that whoever recites “there is no God but ALLAH” 70,000 times, he will be freed from the hellfire. Having heard this, I completed one “nasab” (meaning 70,000 times La ilaha illalla) for my wife and also finished many other “nasabs” for myself as stock for the hereafter. Near to us there used to live a young man about whom it was said that he was from the people o Kashf and also the matters of Hellfire and Paradise are revealed to him. Once he happened to eat with us when he
uttered a scream and began to breathe heavily and told us that his mother was burning in hell.
Qurtubi said, “as I was watching his bewilderment, a thought came to my mind that I should transfer one of my nasab (70,000 times La ilaha illalla) to his mother so that it
will also confirm the honesty of the young man.” So I transferred my one nasab to his mother. Nobody knew that I had recited this nasab or transferred it to his mother but
ALLAH but the young man said, “Uncle, my mother has been relieved from the fires of hell.”
(Kandalvi continues) Qurtubi says that from this incident I benefitted twice. One was the blessing of 70,000 times recitation and the other was the honesty of the young man.”
“Hazrat Mamshad Denori is a famous saint. When his death approached, someone sitting beside him prayed that may ALLAH grant you such and such of the treasure of the
paradise to which he laughed and said, “For the last 30 years, the paradise has been displayed before me with its full beauty and splendor, but I never even looked at it once.”"
“Hazrat Shibli reported: I saw a madman who was being pelted with stones by little children. I threatened to punish them to which they replied that he (i.e. the madman)
claims to see ALLAH. I went near him and heard that he was murmuring something. I listened carefully and heard that he was saying, “You did well that you saved me from
those children.” I said that they accuse you of the claim that you see ALLAH. He screamed and said, “Shibli! By the One in whose love I am in this condition, if He was to be absent even for a second from my sight I would be torn into pieces by the grief of separation.” Saying this he turned away and uttered two lines of poetry which meant, “Your Face remains in front of my eyes, your zikr is on my tongue and your home is my heart, where can you disappear?””
“An incident of a Syed Sahab has been reported that he prayed all the prayers with the same wuzu for 12 days and didn’t even sleep for 15 years. He spent many days such that he didn’t had anything even to taste.”
Need anybody say more?
My dear brother & sister
I am looking for the purest form of Islam on the net that I could practice. But to my dismay I am finding the followers of one school of thought accusing the other and proving that they are the best.
I am not a scholar but a novice in Islam. But I know for sure that without Hadith we can not practice what has beeen taught in Quran Sharif and therefore Hadith has to be the guiding book to enable us to practice Islam. Does anyone has any dispute on this.
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Has not all the Imam told us clearly that if you find that if any of their teaching is different from Quran and hadith then follow Quran and Hadith and not what they said. Does anyone has a dispute on this.
If you agree to the above statements then the little diffrences that people are magnifying as big issues could be easily resolved by comparing it with the Sahih Hadith of Bokahri Sharif & Muslim Sharif
I feel that there are no contradictions as long as we believe in the supreme power Almighty Allah the creator of universe and prophet being a humanbeing (Abad) and last messenger of Allah.
One problem that we are facing is that today the glorification of Hazrat Muhammad has surpassed all limits that even Sahaba had not done during their period. I personally feel that glorification of prophet Muhammad is certainly the desirable thing but practising what he has asked us to do and stay away from the things that he has asked to stay away will be a real good tribute than the other forms of glorification that is being practiced.
May Allah bless all of us to follow the correct path as taught by Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and we stay away from Shirk and all kinds of Biddat.
May Allah weaken those who are practicing and preaching biddat and shirk and provide strength to those who despite being less in number are fighting against spreading biddat and shirk.
Very right brother Aftab Shibli Fatmi. I think most Muslims agree on the points you mentioned.
Dear Brothers Muhammad and Aftab, Assalaamualaikum.
The arguments you have quoted are presented quite commonly by Salafis, so let us take a deeper look at some:
1. The statement: “Has not all the Imam told us clearly that if you find that if any of their teaching is different from Quran and hadith then follow Quran and Hadith and not what they said.”
Commenting on these statements, Imam an-Nawawi (RA) says:
“This which Imam ash-Shaafi has said does not mean that everyone who sees a sahih Hadith should say “This is the mathhab of ash-Shaafi,” thus practicing on the zaahir (text/external or apparent meaning) of the Haditli.
This most certainly applies to only such a person who has the rank of ijtihad in the madhhab. It is a condition that he overwhelmingly believes that Imam ash-Shaafi was unaware of this Hadith or he was unaware of its authenticity. And this is possible only after having made a research of all the books of ash-Shaafi and similar other books of the Ashaab of ash-Shaafi, those who take (knowledge) from him and others similar to these (books). This is indeed a difficult condition (to fulfill). Few are there who measure up to this (standard).
What we have explained has been made conditional because Imam ash-Shaafi had abandoned acting on the zaahir (text) of many Ahadith, which he say and knew. However, by him was established proof for criticism in the Hadith or its abrogation or it’s specific circumstance or its interpretation, etc. Hence, he was constrained to leave aside the hadith.”
(Ilaaus Sunan, Vol. 2, page 225).
2. hadith is definitly is a great source of Islamic fiqh or rulings, but are we to follow every Hadith (statement or action of Rasulullah (SAW)) that we find? Or do we follow the SUNNAH (established action of Rasulullah (SAW) in its final form to be followed by the ummah)? Who decides which is just a hadith and which is a SUNNAH, and who decides whether Rasulullah (SAW) did not later give an order which cancelled his hadeeth which we are reading today? For this a person must know all the books of sahih ahaadith (over 80 books), statements of the Sahaaba (RAA) on it, history, statements of the earliest scholars etc etc. This can only be decided by a very great scholar, of the level of Mujtahid, and we just follow such scholars Alhamdulillah! How is that worse than following Al-Albani, for eg? There are many examples of ahaadith which got cancelled, like the one about disallowing people from visiting graveyards, the change in number of times a person has to bathe when in janaabah etc. Since we do not follow CANCELLED AHADITH and only follow the SUNNAH of Rasulullah (SAW) and the opinion of the jam’aah of Sahaba Ikraam (RAA), we are known as AHL-US-SUNNAH wa-l JAM’AAH (as all the scholars of the salaf called themselves) and not Ahl-ul-Hadith.
May Allah forgive my errors through His mercy and guide us all to His good pleasure and the truth! Aameen!
Wa-Assalaamualaikum
Assalaam,
Brother Tariq, very well put, I really appreciate you writing. May ALLAH guide us all and save us from following ill beliefs.
salam alaykom,
brother muhammadahmed, how is the liar ????
this fatwa is from Ibn Taymiya
http://www.frzdqi.net/alnoor/timiah/a15.jpg
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Asalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah,
Brother Muhammad no one blocked you and you can post freely just like anyone else.
I’m sorry, but the discussion on the other entry seemed out of control and endless to me, so I stopped approving comments there. I’ll have to read the whole discussion to decide if I approve comments there again.
Ameen to your Du’a
Was Salam
muhtaj-e-du’a
I agree with brother Muhammad. There was very positive discussion going on the topic ‘defending the tablighi jamaat’ on this same website, but brother truelife block it on the name of ‘insulting the scholars’.
I requested him to remove one or two sentences which seem to him as insult to his scholars and let the discussion continue. But unfortunately, although I am not a salafi, I must say that for most deobandis and brelvis, even disagreeing with their scholar on some topic is an insult, as if ALLAH (SWT) directly guided them on every opinion. Their words don’t say so, but their actions do.
I request brother truelife to open that forum to continue this constructive debate.
Thank you.
Okay, I’ll re-open the comments on the “Defending the Tablighi Jamaat”.
But I kindly request the brother and sisters not to go endless forth and back on the same point, when the outcome is nothing constructive. And not agreeing with certain Ulemas is okay, but try to at least respect ALL Ulema.
Jazak’Allah khair.
assalam v alaikum
very well keep it up
allah hafiz.
can you give me some more aout you like zakariya masjid was named after him
jazakkalah
As-Salam-U-Alaykum everyone. I completely agree with Brother Aftab Shibli Fatmi… I found myself nodding while reading everything he wrote…. i recently had a conversation with a friend who claimed to be both “Sunni and Sufi” As i found this statement contradictory, of course i questioned it..
First of all… how exactly is a ‘Sunni-Muslim’ defined.?
How/and in what specific way does it differentiate from the Ahle Hadith?
I’ve been doing a lot of research lately on SUFISM as i am confused about many of the aspects of it.
Personally i believe that it is an innovation in Islam (biddat)….
can someone..anyone.. explain to me the concept of Lataif-e-sitta …and the “unity of being/unity of witness” idea.. the “chakras” and all that (which is coincidentally just like the Buddhist practice/ and the kabbala practices) WHICH BY THE WAY IS SHIRK!!?!?!?!? also…Is it true that Sufis practice going to tombs and such? (do they pray to these,,?) i am wondering because i am not a 100% sure on the reliability of the info i have acquired through research…………….
Allaahumma ‘inee ‘a’oothu bika ‘an ‘ushrika bika wa ‘anaa ‘a’lamu, wa ‘astaghfiruka limaa laa ‘a’lamu
O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest i associate anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I know not.
visit http://tasawwuf.org/basics/what_tasawwuf.htm to know about tasawwuf
each one of us has to go to our own graves and be tried in the just court of almighty. please disagree as you may but dont disrespect others. if you love allah and his prophet here is one verse from the holly quran ” in kuntum tuhibun allah ha fatabe-uni uhbibkum-ullah” if u lov allah follow his prophet he will himself lov you
i need book “Aap beti” on pdf format…. if any one have that book so pls contect . on my email.. captivating_personality@hotmail.com
thanks
best regrads
Ahker shahzaib
assalamualaikum
my dear brothers and sisters in islam constructive crticism is most wel come as far as ahle hadees r concerned they prove that they r real muslims directly or indirectly there daily chore is to crticisize lmams . hadith says do not tell kafir a kafir . so my sincere request to so called salafi brothers is to be just towards other muslims too means people who believe kalima .
Assalamo alaikum .. brothers in islam
Is there a need to criticise others instead of pondering on our state of islah and iman, why are we always involved in criticism.. this is a fitnah as mentioned by Dr. Israr Ahmed while touring india.
Why we always criticise the Ahle Ilm people, are we even closer to them.
So my dear brothers, stop ctiticism and lets ponder on our state of islah and iman.
Aftab Shibli Fatmi says:
Oct 23, 2007 at 6:55 am
My dear brother & sister
I am looking for the purest form of Islam on the net that I could practice. But to my dismay I am finding the followers of one school of thought accusing the other and proving that they are the best.
I am not a scholar but a novice in Islam. But I know for sure that without Hadith we can not practice what has beeen taught in Quran Sharif and therefore Hadith has to be the guiding book to enable us to practice Islam. Does anyone has any dispute on this.
Yes Brother I have a dispute over this If I stick to Quran and Sunnah how would I separate my wife at once by saying triple talaq in one sitting, How would I give my muttalqa wife to you to have sex with her for one night to male her halal for me How can I prove you that my sister whom you married is virgin unless she pisses on the wall while standing and if she pisses straight that proves that she is virgin How can I eat salt even if it is mixed with khinjeer how i can have sex with a women who claims to be my wife but in reality she is not my mankooha how can I find and Imam for salah whose penis is smaller and head is large how can I read just 8 Rakah of tahajjud How can I not differenciate between Tahajjud and taraweeh how can I repeat my wadu if i touched my wife how can i leave my hands straight while in salah how can I have a sex with dog and lead a player without ghusl and wudu and the list is endless. I have to stick to the fiqha whom I was born in to be a good muslim and practise all the above masail wholeheartedly without any stress on the forehead without consulting to quran and hadees because I am not an aalim I know nothing about Quran and Hadees I have to follow my Imam who said all the above without prejudice. If I dont follow i will not be a muslim.
Regards oh UMMAH of MOHAMMED (SAW)