*The August Naseehah of Moulana Fadhlur Rahman Azmi Sb (حفظه الله تعالى ورعاه)* VS the interpolated and changed translation by Ml Ebrahim Bham
On the 16th of December 2023 JUSA held the Bukhari Khatam of their Jamiah, the guest for the Bukhaari Shareef Khatam was Moulana Fadhlur Rahman Azmi Saheb. You yourself compare the original Urdu to the translator’s words. You will find the important Naseehah of the Shaikh Saheb being changed by the translator!
Above is the audio and below is the translation together with the concocted translation:
= Naseehah of Moulana Fadhlur Rahman
= Translation by JUSA translator Ml Fadhlur Rahman Azmi : “I wish to clarify this one matter, I’ve come to the Jamiat Jalsah, it should never, ever be misconstrued that I’m in agreement with the Jamiat, not at all.* Audio translation by JUSA translator : “So Moulana says please try and keep these particular aspects… (inaudible)_ Ml Fadhlur Rahman Azmi: “Previously I was on the Shura (advisory board) of the Jamiat Ml Abbas Ali Jeena and others came to my house and requested me to be part of the Shura (of the Jamiat). I’ve never come (to the meetings), due to my preoccupation with teaching. Thereafter I resigned and that letter (of my resignation) was distributed in the public domain, I have seen it and you should have gotten it too.**I left the JUSA Shura due to the fact that these people go on to television. I don’t regard it to be correct in the least! I regard keeping the television and appearing on it as Na-Jaiz (prohibited). I’m advising you, if you regard me as a person to take advice from, that those who are appearing on TV, abandon it immediately! Pictography /photography in any form whether with a camera or a mobile phone, all are prohibited! In this very Bukhari Shareef the Hadith appears ‘The most severely punished people on Qiyaamah will be those who indulge in photography’.*
_Audio translation by JUSA translator: “Moulana makes mention and something for us to understand, this is Moulana’s cleanliness of heart, he said, see I’ve come to the Jamiat Jamiah Jalsah, he says that, I was part of the Jamiat and while I have come here out of respect for the Jamiat, I also have differences of opinion with the Jamiat, because there are certain people of the Jamiat who for example, uhm, uhm have programmes on TV, now it’s something you know, Alhamdulillah, see we have to, we have to make mention of it, he says that, I, I don’t, there might be certain people who have permissibility with regard to it, I don’t regard it as appropriate, despite that I’ve come to the Jamiat Jalsah”_ Hdh Ml Fadhlur Rahman: “In the same light they (the Jamiat) run Muslim schools, where intermingling between men and women take place, there should be strict adherence to the laws of Purdah! The laws of Purdah are being flaunted and the name is kept as ‘Muslim school’, this is not correct.”**”So no one should be under the impression that by my attendance here, that I agree with these actions of the Jamiat”*
Audio translation by JUSA translator: ” He said, he said that Muslim schools for example, … he said in that particular thing what must be done is, must try and keep the men and women separate.__”I’m the chairman of a Muslim school, we also try that, but I mean sometimes it happens that there might be weaknesses, but yes we do believe that is the right way, so Moulana says that there is this Muslim schools that are running, sometimes people do accordingly sometimes people don’t do accordingly, by he says it’s my duty to mention that when you do have a Muslim school, try and keep the females separate”_
Ml Fadhlur Rahman: “Some people told me that you’ll go there (to this Jalsah) and people will say ‘he came and he agrees with these actions (of the Jamiat), I said I will refute these actions. They told me they will erase your words, what I’m saying can anyone erase it? Allah is listening, the angels are writing**{Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).} So many of you Muslims are listening, who can erase it? I hear such things from Ulama e Kiraam, that is not understandable. Understand well, I regard it as my responsibility to publicly announce (the prohibition of these acts) “*
_Audio translation from JUSA translator: “So Moulana says while he has come to the Jamiat Jalsah, there are certain things that he does have certain differences which he has made mention and now he’s put it on record, we respect that it’s an amazing thing. And that also is not the official position of the Jamiat. Jamiat had said those who feel they want to work in that particular field, the Jamiat won’t object to those people, it hasn’t officially said that people must go. Whoever wants to go and they want to make Khidmat in that line, to teach people in that, they are allowed to do so, that is not the official position of the Jamiat to go. If anyone wants to go the Jamiat won’t object. So Moulana has made mention with regard to that particular point, as a translator I am obliged to make mention_” Ml Fadhlur Rahman here mentions about the Asaatidha of Imam Bukhaari (رحمة الله عليه) one being Abu Hafs Kabeer (رحمة الله عليه) who was a Hanafi* (This paragraph was summarised due to space constraints) *Hdh Ml Fadhlur Rahman: “Nowadays there’s one principle in vogue, that there’s a difference of opinion in a (Deeni) matter, so you can do it. This is upside down, it’s supposed to be ‘There’s Ikhtilaaf (difference of the Ulama) in this, abstain from it’**There’s a Hadith from Bukhari Shareef on pg 13 in the old print <Look don’t take photos here at all, photos are totally prohibited!> wherein Nabi ﷺ states: ‘Halaal is clear, Haraam is clear, between these two is doubtful matters, whoever saves himself from it (doubtful matters) has protected his Deen and honour’ till the end… In this very Hadith it is narrated “If it (piece of flesh) is correct the entire body will be correct, if it is corrupted, the entire body will be corrupted, verily it is the heart. Imam Bukhari mentioned it in Kitaabul Imaan and Kitaabul Buyoo’*
*It is written in the commentary of this Hadith in Fathul Bari in this Hadith there’s 4 things mentioned and with regard to doubtful matters, that if there’s apparent difference in the texts of the Shari‘ah (Nusoos) that’s not referred to as doubtful, what’s referred to here as doubtful is the Ikhtilaaf of Ulama (so abstain from these matters)”*
_Audio translation from JUSA translator: ” He said there’s a Hadith in Bukhari Shareef that Allah has made mention that Halaal is clear, Haraam is clear, and in between Halaal and Haraam there are certain things that are doubtful and it is part of Imaan to stay away from things that are doubtful, then at the end of that Hadith, uhm, Imam Bukhari (رحمة الله عليه) said there is a portion that there is a portion and there is a clot in the body, and that is correct, entire body will be correct and if that is found to be corrupt, the entire body will be corrupt, that is our heart, if our heart is found to be pure and purified, our entire body will be purified, and if our heart is corrupt our entire body will be corrupt …….”_(End of transcript) *_____________________________
One can clearly see how the translator skillfully avoided mentioning the statements of Shaikh Saheb in his translation and gave his own explanations regarding the wrong actions that were criticised by Hadhrat. Wrongly conveying the message of this great Muhaddith of our country to the masses who don’t understand Urdu is the height of breach of trust! It is not behoving of a Muslim, leave alone an Aalim who claims to be the leader of Muslims in SA to hoodwink the masses and misuse the platform of translating another person’s lecture.
Also noteworthy is that the Radio Islam and Smart Bilal Livestream started with the original Urdu version, and as soon as this part of the Dars began, it was switched to the English translation. Doesn’t it sound like the Western media propaganda and fact-changing we see all too often?
The facts are in front of you, O Ummati, you see for yourself how you’re being hoodwinked and taken for a ride in Deeni matters.
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