Muhammad Zakariyya Al-Kaandahlawi

11-5-2009 | IslamWeb

Question:

asalamualykum wa rahmatullahi wa barkat, in fatwa number 92757 why did you praise Muhammad Zakariyyaa Al-Kandahlawi as a great scholar when he is related to deoband school of thought which has been critcized by you and moreover zakariyya al kandahlawi authored fadaile amal,which is a book consisting of fabricated narrations and stories promoting sufism,my question is when the site itself opposes deobandi school of thought then why praise ppl from them as scholars and that to great.
asalamualykum
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

 

Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Al-Kaandahlawi is a Muslim scholar who studied many books of the Sunnah and explained, verified and commented on some of them. Thus, his contributions are undeniable. The fact that he was influenced by the Deobandi School should not prevent us from commending him for his knowledge, since Muslims are required to be fair in judging others. Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {And do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness.}[Quran 5:8]

However, this was and still is the attitude of the scholars of the Ummah regarding the Muslim scholars who might have been influenced by Sufism, Ash‘ariyyah and the like. This did not prevent them from speaking well of such scholars for the good things they know about them. Indeed, whoever refers to the books of Ibn Taymiyyah may Allaah have mercy upon him as well as “Siyar A‘laam An-Nubalaa’” of Ath-Thahabi may Allaah have mercy upon him will find many examples of this.

Allaah Knows best.

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