Bret Hawk
Senator (1k+ posts)
Major School of Thoughts of Islam and Their Followers
I thought to take the initiative here today and try to enquire about those wishful members of this forum who normally have keen interest in the Islamic Discussion forum of www.siasat.pk site. A similar sort of question, if I’m not mistaken grossly, was tried by Abbasi bhai to float here in this section few days ago but unfortunately due to the ambiguity and doubtful nature of his words majority of the respondents deviated from the concerned topic and later indulged in useless discussions. My whole purpose of creating this thread is to make Abbasi bhai and his other colleague moderators to use it as a reference point so that it might become easier for them to identify the main school of thoughts of Islam and their adherents here on this forum to chalk out the framework of rules and procedures for them to follow strictly when they wish to participate in such religious dialectical debates in the near future.
"Abbasi bhai what I’ve understood the query of your previous post, which has been locked now, was that most probably you tried to enquire about the forum members affiliations and connections with some specific sect / school of thought of Islam or may be you tried to ask them about some of the basic details of their prefered major Islamic Fiqh schools as perceived by them. Brother as far as I’m concerned I was for a long period of time was emotionally connected with the Salafi school of thought and till this day I do admire some of their concepts as well but with a passage of time I have developed some of my differences with their strict frame of mind when it comes to their understanding and rulings on some specific aspects of Islamic doctrines and principles.
Things however changed drastically after 2002-03 for me when I was enrolled for an advance certification course of Islamic Studies in University of London. After the blessings of Allah SWT and one particular individual which changed my thought process and its line of direction to a great extent was one and only the great Imam and Mujadid of the Middle Age era of Islam who’s quote I always attach to my posts as a signature line. The great Imam Al Ghazali Rahimahu Allah SWT was that gigantic scholar of Islam who made me think positively about the mystic aspects of Islam and ever since then from my heart at least I believe in Sufism to a great extent when it comes to the spiritual entity of Islamic faith.
As far as the jurisprudential / fiqhi dimension of Islam is concerned I’m more and less a Non-Muqalid (Not a blind follower of any particular legal school of thought) and I do appreciate the religious cum legal rulings of all the great Sunni founders and main doctors of schools of Fiqh including the Fiqhi Madhab of Imam Jaffar al Saddiq RA of Twelver Usuli faction of Shi’ite Islam. However when it comes to the extreme liking of any particular Imam of Islamic jurisprudence then I usually slant slightly more towards the personalities of Imam Sha’afi and Ma’alik (May Almighty bless their souls and shower His countless blessings upon them)".
