brothers how can we answer to the articles & writings of Shaykh Nuh Keller, Shaykh GF Haddad defending Deobandi Ulama ?
shaykh nuh and shaykh gibril are respected and followed only if their aqidah is in line with that which is described and aided by alaHazrat.
alaHazrat is the yardstick of our times; everybody comes after.
alaHazrat IS the standard bearer of ahlu's sunnah and if it was not for him, the deobandis would have not been forced on their wahabi-backfoot hiding the heresies of their elders. and perhaps shaykh nuH would not have his deobandi murids...
as for shaykh nuH's article - with due respect to the shaykh - how can the shaykh dismiss anyone without proper research? and how can one expect justice from an ex parte judgement?
it is either prejudice [leaning towards his murids lobbying] or poor research. and we reject this article also for its bad reasoning mainly based on assumptions.
however we do not doubt the intention of the shaykh - he tries to unite the ummah and he himself does not approve or condone the atrocious beliefs/statements of deobandis.
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as for shaykh gibril, his so-called 'good opinion' about deobandis was long long ago. but it is fair to assume that he did not know about the deobandis very much.
even if he does now, he is trying to be fair by being careful. show me one instance in recent years where he has dismissed alaHazrat? infact, in one of his lists he puts him on the top scholars of the last century.
you can see his respect and admiration of alaHazrat [which makes us love
him all the more]; his fatawa and research prove that alaHazrat was no different from arab sunnis. and in many ways, he is the closest to alaHazrat's opinions [after all they are standard sunni beliefs].
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as for alaHazrat's greatness as a scholar: his
books are an ample evidence of his genius. we don't have to convince anyone of his scholarship; and if you are blind, it is difficult to explain what is white and what it means by bright.
Allah ta'ala knows best.