What is Maslak?
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and Sisters,
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2. What is
"Maslak" ?? Is it obligatory for Muslims to follow a specific Maslak
??
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Answer:
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Maslak is an Arabic term derived
from the root word ‘salaka’ which means to walk or to walk on a way. Maslak is a synonym for the term ‘madhab’
or way or school of thought. Thus if
someone claims to follow the teachings or ways of Imam Abu Hanifa, his maslak or madhab would be termed
‘Hanafi’.
The true ‘maslak’ of every
believer, who sincerely believes in
Allah and the Last Day, is to follow
the ‘maslak’ of Al-Islam; that is, the guidance, teachings, and commands
of Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Other than this one ‘maslak’,
the believers are not obliged to follow any specific maslak!
The only reason some believers
claim to belong to the Hanafi,
Shafei, Hanbali, or Maliki ‘maslak’, is because they believe that the teachings
of these great scholars of Islam are the closest to the ‘maslak’ of Islam and
the guidance and teachings of the Quran and Sunnah.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
