What Is Your Opinion On The Statement: "There Are No Scholars In The West"?

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @AliDawah
    @AliDawah 6 лет назад +115

    May Allah swt bless mufti muneer so balanced and explains his reasoning in detail.

    • @justinwright7054
      @justinwright7054 6 лет назад +1

      Ali Dawah Mufti Muneer is very knowledgeable

    • @samirahummmunir4000
      @samirahummmunir4000 6 лет назад

      Allahumaa ameen

    • @muslimplumber1458
      @muslimplumber1458 6 лет назад

      Ali Dawah I love this brother for the sake of Allah
      His last video is one of the most disagreeable awnsers I’ve heard him give !!

    • @ummabdullah6064
      @ummabdullah6064 6 лет назад

      Carl Jones what video are u talking about?

    • @OneOrder1
      @OneOrder1 6 лет назад +7

      Akhi, I beg you to become humbled by this man and avoid talking about matters which you have very little knowledge about.
      Sincere advice.

  • @joshuaangel7491
    @joshuaangel7491 6 лет назад +15

    Baraak Allaahu Feek ya Shaykh for saying what I’m sure many people feel deep down but are too afraid to say it for fear of ridicule. May Allaah be our Protector.

  • @rampagerx1
    @rampagerx1 6 лет назад +9

    Allahumma barik. May Allah preserve him. Very well explained and articulated. He gets you to think, use your common sense and understand the issues at hand in an insightful manner.

  • @starsighting7167
    @starsighting7167 6 лет назад +7

    I really love this channel

  • @AHK4680
    @AHK4680 6 лет назад +6

    I can listen to you all day, may Allah bless you.

  • @MusaMills1
    @MusaMills1 4 года назад +5

    I have issue with the brother saying that it returns to the 'Urf and Ijtihaad because in the Qur'an and the Sunnah there are general guidelines in knowing who is a scholar and who is not a scholar:
    1. That the scholars are those who truly fear Allah.
    2. That they have the verses and Ahadeeth in their chests.
    3. That they judge by the truth and measure every matter according to it.
    4.That they are the inheritors of the Prophets.
    5. That they are upright and defend the Sunnah from frivolous interpretation.
    6. That they became well known as scholars to the people and spread the light of Islam and Sunnah to them.
    7. They don't cloak the truth with falsehood and hide the truth.
    8. They act upon their knowledge and are worshippers of Allah.
    9. That Allah raises them amongst his servants.
    I0. Their knowledge is based on evidences from the book and the Sunnah. And there are few who can base their knowledge upon evidences in the west.
    11. They have the ability to make Ijtihaad in different issues as they have the tools for it.
    In that they can examine evidences based upon principled arguments and critically analyze the statements of different parties in order to drae sound conclusions.
    And there are few in the west who are able to do that.
    12. They follow the way of the pious predecessors and of Ulama who preceeded them.
    13. Praise from the people of knowledge regarding him/her being a scholar.
    Etc.
    I didn't want to be long. But my logic is this:
    If a scholar is left to the custom of the people then in that case one cannot give a definite answer as to what knowledge is!
    This is because a scholar عالم possesses that knowledge. Hence if the definition of a scholar goes according to custom then scholarship/knowledge would be left undefined and left up to the custom of the people as well and this is not suitable.
    Secondly, if the definition of a scholar is totally according to custom in that case when Allah said ask the people of knowledge if you don't know we are saying in essense that Allah, after the death of the Prophet, left no clear guidelines as to who we should ask when he said to ask the people of knowledge. And this is also unsuitable.
    I hope that this is taken in good faith. I understand where the respected brother is coming from i.e that we should be ambitious and taking Islam and knowledge to the next level. However, at the same time it is a must to be more precise when dealing with such matters.

    • @qm6595
      @qm6595 3 года назад +2

      Salam Alykum
      I agree with what you have mentioned dear brother. However, the mufti has an important point considering the situation we live at in the west. Some individuals would discourage individuals from seeking to learn from 'students of knowledge' as they would mention that they are not 'scholars' their ILM is deficient, this maybe the case that the brothers who are preaching are not at the level of the Kubar Al Ulama but they are bringing goodness to the people (most of the time they are only relating that which is mentioned by the scholars without any interpretation of their own) So why discourage people?
      The points you mentioned are correct (BarakAllahu feek) merits of scholarship are attained through multiple outlets it is not as simple as western academia that once you publish a few papers you are deemed a scholar. Rather classically the Shuyookh sought to attain Ijiza from multiple shuyookh and affirmation of their knowledge and understanding as means of attain a climbing the ladder of scholarship.
      What Mufti muneer mentioned is correct in regards to some people restricting scholarship to the Arab lands, maybe that is because the knowledge of those lands is more accessible. Not too many people appreciate the scholars of other lands, this narrative has to change.

    • @MusaMills1
      @MusaMills1 3 года назад

      @@qm6595 Agreed that the narrative has to change without doubt. People have to appreciate their teachers in their countries and respect them or else the knowledge of these teachers would essentially disappear. However, I am against saying that knowledgeable people are known by custom rather than parameters set by the Quran and Sunnah.

    • @user-ze9tj9yj4t
      @user-ze9tj9yj4t 2 года назад

      As-salaamualaikum akhi. I had similar thoughts however I also realised that not many of these are clear defining factors. For example, regarding point number 1, you could say this is not something which can be distinguished about a person or scholar externally very easily, for many people appear to fear Allah and this matter returns to the heart which is invisible to us. With regards to point number 2, many du'at have memorised the whole Qur'an and thousands of hadiths, for example Ustath AbdulRahmaan Hassan has memorized all of Buloogh-al-maraam and much more. With regards to point number 3, many people know what the Salaf agreed upon and judge accordingly- everything else is subject to a kind of ijtihaad and many students of knowledge such as Mufti here, may Allah preserve him and other callers to the Sunnah, can provide proofs for their judgements.
      Being an inheritor of the prophets is something which is not restricted. We all, to some extent, inherit something from the prophets, as long as we know that La ilaha illAllah, we have a part of the highest sections of knowledge. Therefore this is not a restricted criterion which can help us define who a scholar is.
      Point number 5 is a good one, however it is most certainly subject to one's ijtihaad, as many will call true defenders of the Sunnah misguided and/or innovators.
      I think you will find that point number 6 is not just about scholars, it is about Muslims who are upon the truth in general. That is, if you are talking about the hadith 'dhaahireena 3la al'Haqq'.
      To skip a few since I am working (forgive me), about point number 11, there may be few in the west that can do that, but you will also find that those who people refer to as true 'scholars' in the East also can and have been wrong in their ijtihaad of present-day matters because they are not knowledgeable in that field, such as to do with cryptocurrencies, pharmaceutical matters and many other present-day issues which students have knowledge in the west have perhaps had a better grasp on, drawing from knowledge of the worldly affairs that they have and connecting them to evidences in the Sunnah.
      Could you please provide evidence for point number 13 as I am interested in knowing where it is in the Qur'an/Sunnah/Ijmaa' that one needs tazkiyyah to be a scholar - I don't fully doubt that such a proof exists, I am just interested in what you had in mind, if you remember. JazaakumAllahu khairan.

  • @eng.khalilmasi481
    @eng.khalilmasi481 6 месяцев назад

    Oh wow this is where ripright got the sound bite!

  • @modougaye1000
    @modougaye1000 6 лет назад +9

    I’ve always wondered about this statement, it never made sense to me, but back in the day, even if you dared question it, you’ll be thrown out of salafia for good smh.

  • @zxcccccc1
    @zxcccccc1 3 года назад

    Great questions.

  • @WitnessOurDivine
    @WitnessOurDivine 2 месяца назад

    To the extent that people place importance on being called a scholar it can lead to conceitedness. We should value being called Muslims or slaves of Allah (SWT) above all else. Ultimately the word scholar is subjective since there is no known Islamic definition of the word. I also think it’s an act of humility we should aspire towards to never call ourselves a scholar but if someone chooses to call you one just graciously accept it and say it is only by the will of Allah (SWT) that I know anything at all. Now when it comes to being called a Shaykh, an Imam or any other official position within the ummah then we should have standards for how we name people because institutions and Islamic criteria exist to confirm these statuses (for example, every Muslim father is the Imam of his household). But calling yourself a scholar can be stroking your own ego.

  • @suntimes9465
    @suntimes9465 2 года назад

    I want be the student if this brother Alhamdulilah Sheik Ummat Abu Bakr from Masjid Dawwah Chicago, he never said he was a Sheik but we all knew he was a real high Scholar but he got upset when we called him Sheik I love this The Black Muslims have Alhamdulilah never bite their tongues Salam Walikum from Lima,Peru Ahki.Gracias hermano I had black brothers wanting to learn Spanish 😭 in Chicago these brothers reminded me of The Sahabbas they called the Azan out loud in The Speakers the inky Masjid in Chicago that called out the Azan out loud in the middle of the hood Takbir!.

  • @hassand481
    @hassand481 6 лет назад +6

    Well obviously their are levels to scholars also the types of scholars over seas are from the major most knowledgeable men on this planet in terms of Islam, but that also shouldn't mean we neglect the scholars we have in our surrounding areas but the west in general has been plagued with duat that call to misguidance in the multitudes which brings that notion that their isn't anyone qualified here at all and that is true to an extent. inshallah probably in the next 10-20 years we should see a rise as the students start age and grow older and wiser among us. This isn't a gateway ticket to take from Yasir Qadhi and the Nouman Ali Khans of this world lol.

    • @JB-by9uy
      @JB-by9uy 4 года назад

      It's not just about students maturing but there are scholars here with beards full of grey hair that have had to immigrate to the west.

  • @manofihsan8300
    @manofihsan8300 6 лет назад +1

    May Allah reward and protect this brother. Ameen.

  • @ahlulhadith6367
    @ahlulhadith6367 6 лет назад +9

    I won't be surprised if those extremists come out with refutations.
    May Allah protect you.

    • @osmanjibril8940
      @osmanjibril8940 6 лет назад +3

      if you think that hes gonna get refuted for his response then you have probably noticed an error in his response.

    • @DaveSpeaks994
      @DaveSpeaks994 6 лет назад

      If they refute his enemies won’t need it and his friends won’t believe it it will just be another pointless refutation posed by translators

    • @ahlulhadith6367
      @ahlulhadith6367 6 лет назад +2

      @@osmanjibril8940
      Asalam alaikum
      I didn't notice any error in this video. Nor am I even qualified to do so. The reason I think they will refute him is because for them this topic is controversial. And they won't like this video. So their going to try and produce a baseless refutation. This is just my opinion
      Allahu Alam

    • @osmanjibril8940
      @osmanjibril8940 6 лет назад +1

      @@DaveSpeaks994 thats not true if he is refuted for his innovation and distortion of the deen then some of his friends will realise that hes upon misguidance and some if them will blindly follow him, and yes his enemies would benefit from the refutation because his innovations is clarified to the masses and their job of enjoining good and forbiding evil is done.

    • @osmanjibril8940
      @osmanjibril8940 6 лет назад +1

      @@ahlulhadith6367 wa caleykumu salaam ok but since you know that this is a contreversial issue you must know theres the wrong answer and the right one,
      so akhi do you now know the correct answer after you have heard his answer on this issue?

  • @rustigjazz
    @rustigjazz 6 лет назад +1

    Makes a lot of sense what mufti is saying. How could it be possible that from all these people whom have studied, we don't acknowledge not even one as a scholar? Maybe the Western dawah is still to young for this... But Allah knows best

  • @supadickhead
    @supadickhead 6 лет назад +2

    Alhamdulillah jazakallah khayr

  • @martinward2262
    @martinward2262 6 лет назад +1

    You should have fiji sponsor you bro free advertising haha

  • @AbuKhalilah
    @AbuKhalilah 6 лет назад

    جزاك اللهُ خيرًا

  • @ebuhudaifah7664
    @ebuhudaifah7664 5 лет назад +1

    Sayyid Qutb رحمه الله said:
    “Verily, this Dīn, does not reveal its hidden beauties to a cold sitting “Faqīh” who does not struggle to establish this Dīn upon this earth.
    This Dīn is not a cake which you can refrigerate in your brain.
    Rather, this Dīn is only understood through struggling to return it into the sphere of life, and building its society once more.”
    [At-Tawhīd Al-‘Amalī]

  • @wheneaglesfly466
    @wheneaglesfly466 4 года назад +1

    What is this man's name? Where is he out off? I'm looking for a teacher.

    • @supersayain48
      @supersayain48 4 года назад +1

      Mufti Muhammad Muneer, he's in NY

  • @alisaleh8968
    @alisaleh8968 6 лет назад

    The problem is when they pick and choose what to follow to fit in with society as they feel pressured from the people not to speak the truth thats what the problem is whether he has the knowledge or not its how they use it

  • @Sergeexposed1
    @Sergeexposed1 6 лет назад +2

    So it's based on the opinion of the people, but this is risky isn't it?

    • @seekerofknowledge6595
      @seekerofknowledge6595 5 лет назад

      No
      It's based upon the opinion of the scholars. The scholars started from the sahabah and their students and their students and so on. There is a chain of students going 1400 years back. They can judge if their student has reached that level of scholarship.

  • @Omar-Asim
    @Omar-Asim 6 лет назад +2

    SubhanAllah

  • @karimshah8535
    @karimshah8535 5 лет назад

    May Allah bless you ya mufti.
    You have alhamdulilah put sp and their cronies in there place.

  • @DefenseFirstAndLast
    @DefenseFirstAndLast 6 лет назад +2

    Assalamualaikum brother do you realize that you just proved that the so-called salafi regroup have to be reorganize rename with new people because they the ones there now have been doing it wrong

  • @thaknobodi
    @thaknobodi 2 года назад

    Those with the most correct view on matters should make the most dua relying on Allah alone to promote authentic knowledge, for these days people dont want to know the truth, coming from scholars who dont look like them.

  • @alialk
    @alialk 6 лет назад +2

    So basically anyone who's deemed a scholar based on "our" culture is then allowed to give fatawa? Then after awhile enough "scholars" have their opinions and after a generation or two there's "differences of opinion" on certain things or "minor differences"... Sad reality is many of these "scholars based on our culture" have given many fatawa and enough to consider minor difference in the west at least... Whether it's hijab, women marrying non Muslims,female leading Salah, etc. ....I get mufti Moneer trying to discredit the people who claim "there's no scholars in the west" but to give such a response is dangerous and irresponsible

    • @alialk
      @alialk 4 года назад

      @DS I believe Mufti Muneer knows the difference. However the question is obvious and the people listening understand the question. When Muslims talk about scholarship or scholars we mean islamically trained.

  • @nazalifzai6175
    @nazalifzai6175 6 лет назад

    Brother what makes you think we don’t have scholars in here??
    Just because they don’t want to post videos or don’t want fame that doesn’t mean they don’t exist at all. We have scholars in Canada better than known scholars in our local Masajid.

    • @AHK4680
      @AHK4680 6 лет назад +3

      Naz Alifzai Watch all of the video before commenting.

    • @truthvsfalsehood6809
      @truthvsfalsehood6809 6 лет назад

      I know right , just watch the video 15.mins inshallah

  • @W67w
    @W67w 6 лет назад +1

    So who are the Scholars in the West? Dr Bilal Philips? Dr Tahir Wyatt?

    • @osmanzahra
      @osmanzahra 6 лет назад +9

      Greenfield121 Dr. Tahir Wyatt has a PhD and is considered a scholar in Madinah (never mind “the west”). By any definition you come with, Shaykh Tahir fits the description... ask the scholars of Madinah who gave him a chair in the prophets masjid about his scholarship.

    • @k40L1n
      @k40L1n 6 лет назад +1

      Yes. 1000%. Bilal Philips is from the senior scholars of America.
      Abdullah Hakeem quick, Jalal Abularab, Abu taubah, Abdul Hassan Al Amreeky, Tahir Wyatt and many more of whom I forgot the names.

    • @osmanjibril8940
      @osmanjibril8940 6 лет назад

      lol you forgot yasir qadhi, nouman ali khan, kamal almekki the magician
      why doesnt he tell us who are these scholars

    • @k40L1n
      @k40L1n 6 лет назад

      They are not scholars. Moreover they are misguided individuals. Especially YQ. He used to be a student of knowledge under the scholars. Yet when his errors were made clear to him. He left the madinah University and started his own Dawah program.
      He is hell bent on supporting enemies of Islam. He is so damn misguided that his own batch mates warned against him. This is known for 20 years now.
      They are all Sufis in disguise.
      I can understand brother these things will come as a surprise but this is the reality. We know them inside out Alhamdulillah.
      NAK is another ignorant caller to Islam.
      Kamal Al Mekki, Allahu aalam.
      Add to his list some Umar Suleiman, Mufti menk etc. All those celebrity speakers.
      Brother take time, and trust me. You will find out these guys are hypocrites hands down. Day and night they support anti Islami stuff. Day and night they boiled down the religion and sold it for worldly benefits.
      Don't get fooled by their videos.They don't follow the Quran and the Sunnah. They don't care bro.
      And the real scholars have time and again warned and advised them. But these guys never pay any attention.
      NONE of them are scholars. They are just stupid celebrity speakers.

    • @palestinianmaytr48
      @palestinianmaytr48 6 лет назад

      Arqam Ansari lol Abdullah Quick?? Abu Tawbah?? Bilal Phillips?? 🤣🤣😂😂😂

  • @abuuabuu4831
    @abuuabuu4831 5 лет назад

    Maa shaa Allah good lacture from good schooler

  • @aticqrahman5717
    @aticqrahman5717 5 лет назад

    That’s a slogan Salafism has thrown around

  • @jayoils123
    @jayoils123 6 лет назад

    Advise the people to stick to the well known scholars that are known for there knowledge. It is easy to become a king in the land of the blind. This question wasn’t properly answered and could be clarify in a better way and the way he answer this question can be misunderstood by the laymen that everyone that has knowledge is a scholar if that is a the case no one is a student.

    • @Islamsince2007
      @Islamsince2007 6 лет назад

      Elite Perfumes another victim of ghuloo! May Allah cure you. Ameen

    • @Islamsince2007
      @Islamsince2007 6 лет назад

      Elite Perfumes the victim is you sister/brother. If your even human

    • @jayoils123
      @jayoils123 6 лет назад

      Umar Farooq ameeen

    • @jayoils123
      @jayoils123 6 лет назад +1

      Umar Farooq don’t be emotional I haven’t said anything wrong I just said what I felt ya the truth, I love the brother for Allah’s sake and I am against the ghulat that attack him and others unjustly. But that doesn’t mean if he is wrong are could be misrepresenting a issue intention or unintentionally that doesn’t mean that we won’t speak out or advise him in a befitting matter or make inkaar upon a matter in a befitting manner ithout degrading him . We don’t love anyone unconditionally except Allah and his messenger sallahu Alaihi wa sallam and then the people whom Allah guarantee paradise

    • @muslimplumber1458
      @muslimplumber1458 6 лет назад

      Elite Perfumes ghuloo? Insulting someone because of a disagreement is ghuloo!!

  • @abdulmalikh5841
    @abdulmalikh5841 6 лет назад +1

    Hafithahullah

  • @Jammylune
    @Jammylune 6 лет назад +1

    This is a plain ignorance, how could you say that this matter could resolved on the (Ijmaa) of the people? When it's comes to deciding on a certain matter with (Ijmaa), then the (Ijmaa) must be formed with the people of knowledge, not any Tom, Dick and Harry can be part of (Ijmaa). Because people in general include all type of people, such as men,women and children, educated and uneducated,. Therefore, they cannot be part of (Ijmaa), and it's can ONLY be formed with the people of knowledge.

    • @Britishfever456
      @Britishfever456 6 лет назад +1

      Ijma of a group of scholars and Ijma of the Salaf are two completely different things, the latter being a form of daleel after the Quran and Sunnah. Nothing that takes place nowadays can "become" Ijma even with the righteous scholars of today . I'm referring to your definition of Ijma.

    • @palestinianmaytr48
      @palestinianmaytr48 6 лет назад

      Britishfever456 do you even know what you’re talking about???? How is it ijma when it’s only a group of scholars who agree??? Do yourself a favor and think and research before you speak and make an ass out of yourself

  • @rehanriaz620
    @rehanriaz620 3 года назад

    There are no scholars in the west