ISLAMIC BOOKS LIBRARY Replied:

JAZAKALLAH SINCE THE ARTICLE ACCEPTS THAT ''The early Sufis differed from the later Sufis'' WHICH IMPLIES THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUFIS. IN SUBCONTINENT SUFI IS USED AS A COMMON WORD FOR ANYBODY WHO CLAIMS TO DO TAZKIYAH OF PEOPLE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE AHLUL-BIDDAH OR AN AALIM FROM AHLUS-SUNNAH WAL JAMA'AH. SINCE MORE PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD ARE AHLUL-BIDDAH THAT IS WHY ULAMA FORBID FROM BEING

12 / 22 / 2009

ISLAMIC BOOKS LIBRARY Replied:

INVOLVED WITH ANY SUFI. BUT THERE ARE ACTUAL ULAMA AS WELL WHO HELP PEOPLE ATTAIN TAZKIYAH OF NAFS BY ENGAGING THEM IN AAMAAL E SALIHAH. THIS SHEIKH IS A QUALIFIED AALIM AS WELL AS QUALIFIED SHEIKH IN TARIQAT AND NOT INVOLVED IN ANY BIDDAH STUFF WHICH IS CLEAR FROM HIS BOOKS AND LECTURES. BUT SOME ULAMA SIMPLY PUT EVERYONE ON TH SAME SIDE OF SCALE BY REJECTING THE IDEA OF ATTAINING TAZKIYAH IN ITS

12 / 22 / 2009

ISLAMIC BOOKS LIBRARY Replied:

TOTALITY. DEAR NOT EVERYONE IN THE SUBCONTINENT IS A BIDDATI. NOW REMAINS THE MATTER OF IKHTELAAF BETWEEN FOLLOWERS OF 4 ESTABLISHED FIQHS AND PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES SALAFIS OR AHLE-HADITH, I LEAVE THIS TO YOUR OWN RESEARCH BECAUSE THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS AND IN CASE OF HANAFIS ANOTHER IKHTELAF WOULD BE OF AQEEDAH I.E. SINCE ALL HANAFIS AGREE WITH THE

12 / 22 / 2009

ISLAMIC BOOKS LIBRARY Replied:

INTERPRETATIONS OF IMAM MATURIDI AND IMAM ASH'ARI SO AGAIN IF YOU DISAGREE THE BASIS OF THESE MATTERS THEN THERE IS NO SOLUTION. I LEAVE THIS TO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND THE ULAMA WHO ARE EXPERTS. I HOPE I HAVE NOT OFFENDED YOU AND I PRAY ALLAH SHOW US THE RIGHT PATH & RATHER THAN GOING INTO DISCUSSION I SAY WE LEAVE THIS MATTER TO THIS POINT & STUDY MORE TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF DEEN. WASSALAM

12 / 22 / 2009

Ebtessam Replied:

Takbeer on the day of Eid : This is one of the greatest Sunnahs on the day of Eid because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “(He wants that you) must complete the same number (of days), and that you must magnify Allaah [i.e. to say Takbeer (Allaahu Akbar: Allaah is the Most Great)] for having guided you so that you may be grateful to Him” [al-Baqarah 2:185]

09 / 19 / 2009

Ebtessam Replied:

The time for takbeer on Eid al-Fitr starts from the night before Eid until the imam enters to lead the Eid prayer.

09 / 19 / 2009

Ebtessam Replied:

Description of the takbeer: - Allaahu akbar, Allaahu akbar, laa ilaaha illl-Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar, Allaah akbar, wa Lillaah il-hamd (Allaah is Most Great, Allaah is most Great, there is no god but Allaah, Allaah is Most great, Allaah is most great, and to Allaah be praise).

09 / 19 / 2009

Ebtessam Replied:

Or Description of the takbeer: “Allaahu akbaru kabeera, Allaahu akbaru kabeera, Allaahu akbar wa ajallu, Allaahu akbar wa Lillaah il-hamd (Allaah is Most Great indeed, Allaah is Most Great indeed, Allaah is most Great and Glorified, Allaah is Most Great and to Allaah be praise).”

09 / 19 / 2009