Questions and Answers about Islamic Veil

turmoil, then the Imām and Masjid-attendees have the right to ban him from speaking. No one has the right to stop a qualified correct beliefs-holding Sunnī scholar from delivering speeches. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ says in the 114th verse of Sūraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ (part 1):

وَ مَنۡ   اَ ظۡلَمُ    مِمَّنۡ   مَّنَعَ    مَسٰجِدَ   اللّٰہِ    اَنۡ    یُّذۡکَرَ     فِیۡہَا   اسۡمُہٗ

And who is more unjust than one who prevents the name of Allah from being mentioned in the Masājid.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 1, Sūraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ, verse 114)

(Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 23, pp. 278)

Definition of a scholar

Question: So then is it necessary to do Dars-e-Niāmī (scholar-course) in order to become a preacher?

Answer: Dars-e-Niāmī is not a condition for becoming a scholar nor is merely a Dars-e-Niāmī certificate sufficient. In fact, knowledge is the required factor. My master A’lā arat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: A scholar is someone who is totally aware of the Islamic creed and is constant and can deduce his necessary rulings from books without anyone’s help. Knowledge can also be acquired by studying books and constantly listening to scholars.

(Taken from: Aḥkām-e-Sharī’at, part 2, pp. 231)

So we learn that in order to become a scholar, a Dars-e-Niāmī certificate is neither necessary nor sufficient; knowing Arabic, Persian etc. is also not a condition. In fact, it is knowledge that makes a person scholar. My master A’lā arat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, ‘A certificate is of no importance. Many certificate-holders are empty

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