India and Islam!!

India and Islam!!

In India, Tasawwuf (Sufi Islam) arrived along with the Hanafi Jurisprudence (Fiqh-e-Hanafi). Hanafi Jurisprudence was indeed a correct school of thought, as Imam Abu Hanifa never supported monarchy (Malookiyat) in his life.

However, Sufi Islam severely damaged the original essence of Hanafi Jurisprudence. Because of this, several evils emerged in society:

 * Personality Cult (Shakhsiyat Parasti): Blind devotion by treating individuals as idols.

 * The Khanqah System: The center of religion became confined only to hermitages.

 * Peeri-Faqeeri: A form of the master-disciple tradition where the individual was given more importance than logic/reason.

 * Isolation of the Masses: Common people were kept away from the Quran and the Seerah (the life and character of the Prophet).

For centuries, there were restrictions on the translation of the Quran and on reading it directly. The miracles (karamat), anecdotes, and stories of the Sufis gradually took the place of the Seerah and the Quran. This mixture of Sufism and Hanafi Jurisprudence gave birth to a new version of Islam in India.

It has been barely the last 100–150 years that certain individuals have rediscovered authentic Islam in India. This chain of discovery began with Shah Waliullah and continues through Allama Iqbal and Maulana Maududi to this day.

As far as the Arabs are concerned, despite the Quran being in their mother tongue, they betrayed Islam. Shame on them.