Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami - Views

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  • Regarding singing, the Shafi'ite scholar, Ibn Hajar Al-Haytami Al-Makki mentioned that some went so far as to claim the supposed consensus of ahlul Madinah on this question.
  • He was once asked about the legal status of those who criticizes Sufis: Is there an excuse for such critics? He replies in his Fatawa hadithiyya:It is incumbent upon every person endowed with mind and religion not to fall into the trap of criticizing these folk (Sufis), for it is a mortal poison, as has been witnessed of old and recently.
  • Regarding logical reasoning: "Consider these words without partisanship and you will find that he…has clarified the way and established the proof to the effect that there is nothing in which is reprehensible or leads to what is reprehensible, and that it is of use in the religious sciences such as the science of the principles of religion and of jurisprudence (fiqh). The jurist have established the general principle that what is of use for the religious sciences should be respected and may not be derided, and it should be studied and taught as a fard kifaya" (El-Rouayheb, 2004)

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