The liberal molvis are in fact bereft of Shar’i basis and dalaa-il. They are freelancers or more appropriately, like the holy cows roaming about freely, eating from this one’s basket and that one’s basket. The liberals extract the views which appeal to their fancies. They will take a certain Mufti’s view if it suits them. But if the same Mufti’s view on another question is unpalatable to their liberal tastes, then they will search for another Mufti’s view which is acceptable to them. An example of this type of despicable and un-Islamic exercise is what the radio mufti has done. For declaring coke halaal, he cites Ahsanul Fataawa. But for the question of organ transplantation, he runs to the Jeddah academy because Ahsaanul Fataawa is too uncompromising in its emphasis on prohibition of organ tranplantation. May Allah Ta’ala save the Ummah from such ‘learned’ people who make a mockery of the Deen and expose the Imaan of the masses to kufr.

The answer given by the radio is misleading and incorrect, especially when the prevalent belief and attitude of the Ahl-e-Bid’ah are that this practice is Sunnah, in fact Waajib. When the narration is said to be unauthentic, then why does the radio mufti desire to peddle it in this time when the practice is a salient feature of the Ahl-e-Bid’ah. It appears that the radio mufti is eager to curry favour with allegments of people, hence this radio channel entertains a wide variety of opinions even haraam opinions. It is therefore not surprising that this radio caters for homosexuals, gays, rapists and what not.

It is despicable for a mufti to seek acceptibibility and permissibility for a practice on the basis of weak and unauthentic narrations which none of our Classical Fuqaha and Aimmah-e-Mujtahideen had entertained. In fact, inspite of all our Akaabir Ulama being fully aware of these spurious narrations, they have branded this practice as bid’ah. The radio mufti should at least know and understand that when even a Sunnat and a Mustahab act become a salient feature of the Ahl-e-Bid’ah or when it is elevated to a higher status than that conferred to it by the Shariah, then such practice has to be branded bid’ah notwithstanding its istihbaab (meritorious)status.

It is also perculiar that the radio mufti has entirely ignored Ahsanul Fataawa with regard to this issue. As far as the coke issue is concerned, the radio mufti had sought to eke out capital and support for his view from Ahsanul Fataawa. But when Ahsanul Fataawa refutes the radio mufti’s liberal views, the latter ignores it. Let us see what Ahsanul Fataawa says about the thumb-kissing practice:

“Since the general public has given it a status higher than Sunnat, regarding it to be incumbent, hence those who do not practise it are criticized, it is therefore necessary to refrain from it.”
(Ahsanul Fataawa)

Those who are adherents of this practice, believe it to be Sunnah and they have spread much contrioversy in this regard. The radio mufti cannot be unaware of this. Furthermore, he will be aware that all those Ulama whom he considers to be among the Akaabireen do not condone it. He will be aware that none of the Fuqaha propagates this practice. It is a spurious act. Instead of answering the question in the way in which the senior Muftis have done, the radio mufti demeans himself by his abortive attempt to satisy the bid’atis and curry favour with them. This is not the attitude of the Ulama-e-Haqq. The public should not be misled with dubious logic and devious arguments which the great authorities of the Shariah do not entertain.

Q. The other day radio channel islam hosted homosexuals, gays, hermaphrodites or whatever they are called. Several Muslims phoned in to object to this haraam publication and broadcasting of the views of persons who are involved in about the worst misdeeds of immorality. It has indeed shocked many Muslims that the radio which claims to be an Islamic one had stooped to such a base level as to allow so much time for the airing of immorality. Please comment.
A. Since this radio station is associated with Ulama or Ulama are associated with it, it is necessary to comment in the hope of saving Muslims from the traps of misguidance which these radio stations manufacture under Islamic guise. When Ulama have stooped to such a low level of moral depravity as to host gays, hermaphrodites, moffies and the like, and to make ‘tableegh’ of their opinions and unnatural sexual attitudes, then only Allah Ta’ala can save this Ummah from destruction. Nevertheless, it is the Waajib obligation of all Ulama-e-Haqq — and there are extremely few left in this wide world —to condemn unequivocally the propagation of immorality, unnatural sexual attitudes and appetites. Instead of executing the Fardh command of Amr Bil Ma’roof Nahy Anil Munkar, we find in this day radio molvis utilizing the radio medium to disseminate evil and immorality, and that too under the name of Islam. May Allah Ta’ala save our Imaan and protect the Akhlaaq of Muslims from the cunning depredations of those who have lost their Islamic mental balance. Truly, when gays and moffies are hosted and given much time to propagate their filth and immorality over the air to 55 countries, then it testifies to the attitude of kufr which has overtaken even the learned men. When respectability is accorded to unnatural specimens of the human race, who are involved in such immoral deeds for which the Shar’i punishment is death, then we can understand how acceptable immorality and unnatural misdeeds have become to even molvis and muftis. Truly, we can now understand the following sacred words of Rasulullah (sallalahu alayhi wasallam):

“There will dawn a time when the worst of Allah’s creation on the surface of the earth will be the ulama.......(i.e.the ulama-e-soo—the evil learned ones who destroy the Imaan and Akhlaaq of unwary and ignorant Muslims by making tableegh of baatil, fisq and fujoor in the name of Islam.Our complaint is registered by Allah Ta’ala. The Deen has become forlorn, buffetted and kicked around by those who loabour under the impresion that they are Ulama. Without a shadow of doubt, it is among the kabeerah (major) sins to listen to these vile radio stations which are out to undermine the Deen of Allah Ta’ala.

Q. In Muslim countries Arabic and Urdu newspapers in which are printed Islamic articles, even Qur’aanic verses and Ahadith, are used as wrapping paper. Later these papers are discarded as waste and even trampled on. Is it permissible to wrap parcels with such newspaper?
A. It is sacrilegious and haraam to wrap items with such paper. The sacred words of Allah are insulted and their sanctity disgracefully violated. The degree of disrespect which Muslims show to the Qur’aan and the Holy Hadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) is deplorable and borders on the confines of kufr.

Q. What is the Shariah’s ruling on Athaan clocks? When the alarm rings at the set time, the athaan plays on the clock.
A. Such clocks are not permissible. It is not permissible to use the Athaan as an instrument to wake up one. The Athaan is a Thikr, and the purpose of Thikr is to gain Allah’s proximity. To use Thikr for any purpose for which it is not intended by the Shariah, is not permissible. Such clocks should not be used as alarm clocks to wake up people.