Re: slavery, polygamy
Mohammad Islam <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:48:57 -0500
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Asslam-o-Alikoom, Perhaps in Middle Eastern countries majority of Muslims may follow Shafi'i school but not in Inida and Pakistan (South Asia). Muslims of those two countries follow Hanafi school. The bigger question is does it matter what school of thought one may choose to follow? ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ---- On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Afdhere Jama ([email protected]) wrote: > <html><div style='background-color:'><P><BR>salam, </P> > <P>well, in the arab world, even though the laws of hanafi is in use (since it was forced by the > ottoman empire,) majority of people in places like syria, palestine, jordan, etc, are shafi'is in > practice. also, south east asia is mainly shafi'i. shafi'i's model of law (i.e, quran, sunnah, ijmah, > ra'yi) is now used by all schools of thought. it is considered the 'basic' for islamic thought. > <BR></P>afdhere<BR><BR><BR> > <DIV><STRONG>Afdhere Jama </STRONG><BR><EM>Editorial Director </EM><BR><STRONG>HURIYAH > </STRONG>Publications <BR>S A N F R A N C I S C O <BR><A > href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected] </A><BR><A > href="http://www.huriyahmag.com">http://www.huriyahmag.com</A></DIV> > <DIV> </DIV>>From: "na'eem jeenah" <[email protected]>>Reply-To: > [email protected] >To: [email protected], > [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] slavery, > polygamy >Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:21:10 +0200 > >salaam > >I'm sorry but I think > your understanding of the madhhabi >demographics as well as your understanding of the >location > of these madhahib needs some revision. (Btw, >where do you get the idea that the Shafi'i madhhab > is >regarded as "pure" Islam? Maybe where you come from. >Certainly not in most of the world - > Muslim world and the >rest of the world. > >na'eem > >On 12 Mar 2004 at 9:03, Afdhere > Jama wrote: > > > > > > > salam, na'eem, > > abu hanifa is a very good > example. no one in the arab world but small > > minority follow his madhab. on top of that, the > majority of the > > muslims (non-arabs) follow theother madhabs brought by arabs. in fact, > > > the majority of muslims follow the shafi'i -- which is brought by the > > qureishi imam. > shafi'i's system of laws, for example,are used by all > > muslims... since all schools use it. > it's quite interesting when you > > look into all these things. yes, definitely there were a > lot more > > scholars who were non-arab. that is not the argument at all. that is a > > > reality in both number and interest. but the basic fact is that arab > > thought amongst > muslims travels way faster than the other way around. > > and this is the natural process, > perhaps, since arabs brought islam in > > the first place. the discussion began with arab > culture being > > mish-mashed with islam. it is interesting to note that abu hanafi's > > > work was really more (non-arabic) cultural and then enveloped by > > islamic law. while the > ottomans forced this thought on muslims during > > their reign, folks had no pro > blem putting them aside when therule > > fell. however, shafi'i's more arabized islamic law was > able to > > transform into 'pure' islam for most muslims. what gives? > > > > > afdhere > > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing > list >[email protected] > >http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims </div><br clear=all><hr> <a > href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=">Get business advice and resources to improve your work > life, from bCentral.</a> </html> > > _______________________________________________ > ProgressiveMuslims mailing list > [email protected] > http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims > >