Seventh: Al-Tijani breaks the
rules he set for himself:
Al-Tijani
not only violated the principles of writings that are established between the
people of knowledge, but he also violated the principles he had setup for
himself. I will present some of the principles that he promised to adhere to,
and some examples of his violations:
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His
promise not to depend on emotions, desire, or fanaticism, but rather to depend
on just and truth:
Al-Tijani
says, “I promised my God - if He led me on the right path - to rid myself from
emotional bias and to be neutral and objective and to listen to what the two
sides said, then to follow what was best.” [Then I
was Guided, p.92]
And, “I have promised my God to be fair, and I shall never be biased
in favour of my creed, and will never use anything but the truth as my
criterion.” [Ibid. p.101]
And, “The researcher should fear Allah in his work, and should not be
taken by emotion that would divert him from the truth and should not follow his
desire, then he would go astray from Allah’s path. The researcher’s job is
to abide to the truth, even if the truth was with someone else, and he has to
free himself from bias, emotions, and selfishness.” [Ask
Those Who Know, p.36]
That
what Al-Tijani mentioned about his course. So did he abide to it?
Here
are the answers my dear reader:
He says about his Shia, “In fact I liked the way they worshipped, I
liked their prayers, their manners, and the respect they gave to their learned
people, and wished that I could be one of them.” [Then
I was Guided, p.43]
And, “Then I read "al-Murajaat [correspondences]" by
al-Sayyid Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi. As soon as I read the first few pages, I
became engrossed in it and could not leave it unless it was necessary, and even
took it with me to the institute.” [Then I was
Guided, p.87]
And, “And I don’t know how to convince myself or others by the
opinions of Ahl Al-Sunnah that depended on, as I think, on the words of the
Ummayads rulers.” [With The Truthful Ones, p.150]
And, “Therefore, I personally think that some Companions attributed
the banning of temporary marriage to the prophet peace be upon him to excuse the
action of Omar bin Al-Khattab and to rectify his opinion.” [Ibid,
p.195]
And, “This possibility pushed me to think that Umar bin Al-Khattab is
the one who evoked the people and pushed them to hesitate and disobey the order
of the prophet peace be upon him.” [Then I was
Guided, p.95]
These
were some of the examples that shows that Al-Tijani was following his personal
desires in his judgments. For example, “I liked,” “As I think,” “As I
personally think,” “Possibility pushed me.” Then my dear reader, you would
know how Al-Tijani abided to neutrality.
The four books
of Al-Tijani ( Presentaion & Criticisim )
