‘Use of Ijtehad’
THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Use of Ijtehad’ (Feb 7) by S.G. Jilanee. He is right in pointing out that doors of Ijtehad are open and ulema should get together to issue ‘fatwas’ on new issues.
I know of some 172 ulema of Islamabad who issued a fatwa recently, saying that the use of emails, Twitter, Facebook, etc., is haram.
Another Ijtehad was made by the ulema for tracing a husband whose whereabouts were not known to his wife. It was decided that the wife must wait for four years before the husband is traced out. Previously, the limit was 90 years.
Still there are reputed ulema who say that listening to the radio and viewing TV is ‘haram’ since these inventions were made by ‘kafirs’ and these make you think? My question to the above ulema is: why do they use cars and aircraft? These are also inventions by non-Islamic people.
It is time for the ulema to adopt a unanimous code of ethics for the present times like it was last done during the rule of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir. The book Fatwa-i-Alamgiri is also available in Urdu.
INAYAT OLLAH SHEIKH
Karachi
Ignore them,use your brain.
The principle is that everything is halal (when it comes to daily life) except those things which are clearly mentioned as haram in Quran and Sunnah. TV and internet is generally hallall to use, if what u are using it for is halal. It doesnt say any where in quran and sunnah that we are not allowed to use things invented by nonmuslims
Mr. MO,
How sad is to see your interpretation with respect to so-called Ulema. I am not an Islamic scholar or very literary person but being a muslim and member of a well-reputed family I was taught by my parents that just follow the ALLAH. Nabi Karim (S.A.W) gave us all what He got from ALLAH. Nothing was his own. And now as you have mentioned about haram concept by Ulema it is my sincere advice to you that just read Qur’an Majeed. Holy book have answers for everything and what left leads us to Ulema which results in Ijtehad. Use your own common sense to get the anwer for every issue of your life and ask directly to ALLAH.
Ulema are no doubt respectable but they are also a big reason for confusion among all muslims.
Thank you.
religious preachers target only methods of communication .. they dont want ppl to awaken
It is a funny use of Ijtehad and it only happens in Pakistani style of Islam. In other islamic countries Mujtahedeens strive by finding solutions and not just issue an edict on important. So many mujtahedeens use internet and emails and deem necessary technology to spread islam,,,I think brother was talking about stone age mujtahedeens….
If more people rely on “fatwas” and such nonsense, the more twisted Pakistani society becomes…
All what is needed is common sense.
Ulemas are useless. We need to use our own logic to decide what is right and what is not.
Just to add! all such Fatwa issuers could hardly spend an hour without Cellphones. do they?
Yes they do. You are exaggerating.
Education,education and education is the answer.
education of what?… If u mean the education of Islam then u r right. We really need it.
Your interpretation is not correct. No one as per my knowledge has banned emails and your reason that T.V is haram as it invented by ‘kafir’ is also not correct.
this puritanism is the product of that fathwai alamgiri ,brother and you are again advocating for its use in this modern world to further complicate the issues……..