Haste is Waste

Update For The Critics of The "21 Questions: Moon Sighting Edition" Article

Mufti Sayyid Asad al-Qadiri

You have studied Fatawa Radawiyah much more than me.

You have more post-it notes and bookmarks on Fatawa Radawiyah than me.

You understand Sayyidi A'la Hadrat's framework and approach better than me.

You can write hundreds, in fact, I will go further and say you can write thousands of pages on the fiqh approach of Sayyidi A'la Hadrat.

Sayyidi A'la Hadrat's influence is not just for me, rather for all Sunnis.

I am not a proper Mufti, and people just claim that I am for no good reason.

I attest to all that, no need to invite us to your library.

Done, happy? Now can we get back to the actual discussion?

This is not a personal dispute, there is no need to get so emotional and petty.

You are a Sunni and my brother in Islam, and I will not mention your name so that the people who have not read your messages do not recognize the individual who has made such ridiculous and conceited claims regarding himself and his level of knowledge.

You were on a good track and were tackling issues that need attention in the West through your organization, which I have only learned of now after this discussion began. Why throw all your hard work away by stooping so low and getting personal and insecure during an academic discussion?

The people can see that you are skipping over questions from the “21 Questions: Moon Sighting Edition” article and are nitpicking those which you can give an emotional response to, in an attempt to sway your audience away from the arguments presented in the article.

It is obvious that you are intentionally reading questions out of context to further push your agenda. For example, I asked in the article:

_Allah's refuge, did the Messenger of Allah, blessings and salutations be upon him, not have the power to go to Makkah Mukarramah and return within a fraction of a second, despite going beyond the creation on the night of Isra and Mi'raj and returning in less?_

This is what you responded with:

_Just look at some of the questions and how they are phrased. What do they even mean?_

_The question about the Prophet ﷺ being able to travel long distances if he wished and why he didn't do so to go to see the moon in Makkah (I assume this is what it means as it's not very clear what the author intends)._

_What kind of question is this and is it supposed to be some kind of evidence? Has this type of evidence ever been used anywhere in fiqh? Please show me one place. Alternatively, the author can ask his most learned teacher if a question like that in this context even makes sense._

_It's just emotional points and frankly I do not have the time to address random emotional arguments._

If you read the questions with sincerity, along with the reading skills that should be reflected based on the curriculum vitae (CV) you provided of yourself, then you would understand that this question was a buildup to the argument that, *despite many means for it to be possible, no one emphasized national moon sighting announcements until the oppressive Saudi government did.* Hence, the following question in the article was:

_Why did he, blessings and salutations be upon him, not do so? Is it not obvious that no significance was given to a national moon sighting system until the oppressive Saudis did and that the moon sighting system was meant to be kept city wide, not country wide?_

Take your time, brother, I gave you a year. Read all the questions and then answer one question at a time. It is not wise to answer a question before understanding it, this is what it leads to.

Another individual, or maybe the same individual, I was just forwarded all of these responses with no names, criticized the following question from the article:

_Imam-e-Azam Imam Abu Hanifah issues a ruling, then years later, a Hanafi Mufti issues a contradicting ruling, as a Hanafi, which ruling do we follow?_

He said:

_This question contains a flawed assumption, that of a false dichotomy...Rather, the Fatwa of Imam Abu Hanifah and the later Mufti can both hold true, *even if they apparently seemingly contradicting* to the untrained eye._

No need to haste, as I said, you have a year. Haste will make you see words in my question that are not actually there.

I said *contradicting*, which obviously means *actually contradicting*, whereas you have read it as *apparently seemingly* contradicting.

I will assume it is out of haste that you read this question in this manner, giving you the benefit of the doubt. The hope is that you did not do so to dodge the actual question and to make yourself apparently seem to your audience as if you are well above these questions.

And then the constant talks about living in dar al-harb, praying Jumu'ah here, taking photos for passports...

We can have those discussions later, the questions asked are about moon sighting.

May Allah Ta'ala forgive me for my sins and grant me His mercy in the form of His Beloved's, blessings and salutations be upon him, intercession, as I admit that I am the biggest sinner of all time.

دعویٰ ہے سب سے تیری شفاعت پہ بیشتر

دفتر میں عاصیوں کے شہا انتخاب ہوں

Now can we get back on topic?

No? Instead, you want to bring up the six means of a fatwa adapting to circumstances within the Hanafi school? Okay, since you have brought it up, demonstrate to us exactly how any of those means apply to the subject of moon sighting in current circumstances...

You could not give a solid answer to any of the questions, therefore, you resorted to ad hominem attacks.

Then you project your feelings and show us how offended you are by me referring to Mawlana Nizam al-Din as "Mawlana Nizam al-Din" instead of "Mufti Nizam al-Din." You cannot be serious...

Many respected Ulama of the past are still referred to with the title of "Mawlana" and even "Mulla," and no one objects.

Is it really that big of a deal that you tie your arms and turn your back like a child and ignore the questions presented?

Then you further show your childishness by making false accusations on TheSunniWay, saying that they have claimed Sayyidi A'la Hadrat only belongs to them.

First off, Sayyidi A'la Hadrat belongs to no one except Allah Almighty and His Beloved, blessings and salutations be upon him. He is not our slave that he would belong to us, he is our master.

Secondly, Sayyidi A'la Hadrat's teachings are for everyone, and we are not exclusive in making an effort to preach his teachings. Rather, thousands of scholars throughout the world, for over a century, have done so. We can never disregard them. We are actually grateful to them, they gave us the foundation to build our organization upon.

If you do not want to answer the questions, then fine. There is no need to act so immature. Your attempts at hurting the credibility of the article and TheSunniWay are backfiring.

Continue with your usual work and stop dipping your feet in the water if you do not want to dive into this discussion.

May Allah Almighty keep you safe and healthy, and grant you plenty of tawfiq for the khidmah of the deen. May He increase your knowledge and guidance, and allow you to preach the teachings of Sayyidi A'la Hadrat in the West and beyond.

We still love you as long as you are Sunni. In Sha Allah, if Allah grants us death with iman, we will live together in peace and unity in Jannah.

We might as well begin showing love and respect to one another now, not because we are perfect, for Allah knows we are not, but for the sake of the love we all share for the Perfect Creation of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad, blessings and salutations be upon him.

Faqir Sayyid Asad al-Qadiri

Maryland, USA