# Why do people react so strongly when a scholar challenges established views?

*Criticism for challenging views: debating Deobandi relatives, and Zubair Ali Zai's advice on independence*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/15/
- Date: 2020-04-19 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Shaykh Kashif Khan | Policing thought, Pornography & Pandora's box | MindTrap with Mufti #15 (1:19:17–1:23:10)
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- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOusirOkBVU&t=4757s
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**Topics:** Schools of law and following them; Cults, clergy and religious abuse; Guest conversations

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** The guest says people feel threatened when their views are challenged, and that independence from groups and donors is what lets a scholar research and speak honestly.

## Longer summary

Asked whether he is criticised for legitimising strange views and opening Pandora's box, the guest says that after he became Ahl al-Hadith and convinced a cousin to leave the Hanafi school, a Deobandi relative sent a team of maulanas to debate him, and after the debate the cousin also became Ahl al-Hadith. He says people become insecure and threatened when anyone, especially the young, challenges their authority or simply differs, and that Salafis too disliked his writing on fresh issues even when he quoted Salafi scholars. He relates that Zubair Ali Zai [?] advised him that if you accept charity or join a group you will always be biased for them, and that he himself worked in a cloth shop by day and researched in the evening. The guest says research should be done honestly and conveyed, that differences of opinion must be tolerated, and that one cannot agree one hundred percent with anyone other than the Prophet.

## Sources and names cited

- Shaykh Kashif Khan (guest)
- Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai [?]
- Deobandi
- Ahl al-Hadith
- Hanafi school

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:19:17–1:23:10)

[1:19:16] so you know that yeah and Henry movie used to be the youngest son when I was when I became an it cause you know a shock in mind on the outside and the all are very rigid the Bundys and students of use of the beyond me and so what happened he sent a team of Mona's mother do because I I convinced my cousin to become Stella people right so that caused controversy in my relative so this he sent someone else's to debate

[1:19:54] with us wonderfully event and we had debate with them and why why would he send them to you she was like my money outside they all are they open these right and when I you know I convinced my cousin that like to leave the hand rhythm and the open ISM they believe in Oaxaca solitude and they don't practice the Sun now these things so what happened when my cousin's they started playing on the NL hobbies way so cost controversy and my mama he

[1:20:34] contacted you and Ruby on me too so so they can have a debate with me then and then the cousins they can become hunt back go back to hunt ISM you know so we had a debate and and then I think that debate was good enough so that my cousin al hadees as well so so this I believe

[1:21:11] whenever you oppose anyone or challenge their views they did become you know very what do you say that what's the word for that very become insecure this fear kind of threat and they don't like anyone even especially younger young people they don't like it challenge they're challenging the authority or just having a difference of opinion and that same with the Salafis as well when I started riding on the fresh different issues and even coating the Salafi scholars they didn't like it because she is do bear it is a he said to me and he

[1:21:51] advised me he said if you work if you if you work on charity refuses charity from someone or if you join a Negro you always have to be biased you always have to be biased for them you cannot oppose them so shakes well is ELISA he used to work on his shop in the daytime and would work in the evening for himself so he would he had a shop of I think it used to fill cloth we were the waivers based Islam about a hundred so he he advised me the same thing he said that just do if you want to write the truth

[1:22:28] and whatever you believe extra so do not be independent if you become dependent so you will always lose you will never be able to write openly so because it shapes the well they challenge the triple silicone phenomena in the Hadees and another thing for kobani on the fourth day and other issues as well so I I also believe like whatever whatever you are researching try to do it honestly conveyed to other you can have difference of opinion of course like you cannot hundred persons have agreement with anyone or have a difference of

[1:23:07] opinion with anyone other than the Prophet 100 person he cannot you know be in agreement with anyone so you have to tolerate if you told it the difference of opinion absolutely but somebody I get these kind of questions hold me a lot as well that people will say you know most of you bringing this out as an opinion you bring it in fact today I was just discussing earlier on that I previously given the fatwa that I've got a video on YouTube where I'm discussing and myka with non-muslims and I had said that

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment hOusirOkBVU/s/15. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/housirokbvu/s/15/

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