A Deobandi scholar leading the prayer

Question

A certain man is a religious scholar (‘alim), a graduate of Deoband, observant of the Shari‘a, and the imam of a mosque. Is such a person fit to be an imam or not?

Answer

The path of Darul Uloom Deoband is in accordance with the Noble Qur’an, the noble hadith, the consensus (ijma‘) of the Umma and the fiqh of Imam Abu Hanifa ﵀. In the science of kalam, the beliefs of the people of truth are taught here; in tasawwuf, the method of spiritual training of Hazrat Khwaja Baha’ al-Din Naqshbandi ﵀, Hazrat Khwaja Mu‘in al-Din Chishti Ajmeri, Hazrat…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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