Warning to the Students of Knowledge against Takfeer - Sh. Haitham al-Haddad

Sheikh Haitham warns against the growing trend among students of knowledge to pronounce takfeer (disbelief) on Muslims without an adequate knowledge of the principles of the shariah, and without an adequate appreciation of difference of opinion.

Key Issues:

- Growing trend among students of knowledge to pronounce takfeer (disbelief) on Muslims based on their own assumptions.
- Lack of appreciation of other people's opinions when they differ from our own.
- Example of a person praying after wiping over the socks while others believe this to be invalid.
- When differences of opinion occur choosing the scenario which offers the best conclusion for all involved.
- Difference of opinion not being considered when the opinion is shaadh (very rare or odd opinion).
- History of the Takfeer movement in Egypt.
Characteristics of the Takfeer movement in Saudi Arabia.
- Example of a Hanafi praying behind a Hanbali Imam who did not renew his wudhu after eating camel meat.

Haitham al-Haddad is a London-based Islamic Scholar and Muslim community leader. He was born and raised in Saudi Arabia and is of Palestinian origin. Shaykh Haitham sits on the board of advisors for a number of Islamic organizations in the United Kingdom including the Islamic Sharia Council and currently holds the position of chair and operations advisor for the Muslim Research and Development Foundation. He has studied Islamic sciences under the tutelage of various scholars. Shaykh Haitham holds a BSc Honours in Law and Sharia from Omdurman University in Khartoum, Sudan. He also holds a Bsc in Computer Science from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia) and is currently reading his PHD in Islamic Law at SOAS in London. Shaykh Haitham is qualified to deliver religious verdicts with a specialism in Islamic Jurisprudence and its principles, Islamic law and Islamic finance. The Shaykh is also one of the trustees for MRDF. Like DigitalMimbar on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/TheMimbar
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