In Which Madrasa Did Mawlana Mawdudi Study?

Question

(1) Many ulama say that Mawlana Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi is a fasiq (open sinner) and that his Jamaat-e-Islami is fasiq too; the members of that Jamaat, since they do not keep beards, are not observant of prayer and fasting either; in this Jamaat there are mostly political people whose conduct is not good — therefore the books of this Jamaat should not be read; and the outlook of Mawlana Abul A‘la Mawdudi and that of the ulama of Deoband are different, therefore Mawlana Mawdudi’s book should neither be read, nor…

Answer

(1) In the books that Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi has written and published there are many things contrary to the way of the Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama‘a. In kalam and fiqh he holds a particular way of his own: he is not a follower of, nor bound by, any of the imams of the Salaf; in some places the views of the Mu‘tazila and the Khawarij are found in his books.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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