Let's Go On and On About Muhammad al-Sharif of al-Maghrib Ad Nauseum

[mujahideenryder]

asalamualykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

anyone heard of shaykh Muhammad al-Shareef, the al-Maghrib institute teacher, and the founder of Eman rush? what do you think of him?

walykumsalam wr wb

[Saleel]

I like some of his article on fadhail... he writes them well.

But for fiqhi purposes, I wouldn't follow him. He did hifz at a traditonal Hanafi madrassah in Canada, so he still has respect for the ulema, but then he went off to Madinah University to further his studies, hence Salafi tendencies.

[GenN]

Assalmu alykum,

Don't know much about Muhammed Al Shariff, but just incase any one gets confused, theres 2 of them.

One is known as Muhammed Al sharif - the one with the salafi tendancies

and one is Muhammed Sharif - Orthodox of the maliki madhab and is ameer of the Uthman dan Fodio Society. i have heard he has black nationalist tendancies but not sure how true this is.

was salaam.

[faqir]

Shaykh Muhammad Shareef [ www.sankore.org] is a well respected Maliki scholar - he is actually due back in the U.K. very shortly.

For the dates of his talks See:

http://www.ash-shifa.org.uk/moreinfo.htm



Note: this is not the Salafi inclined Sh. Muhammad al-shareef

[IlyasLahoz]

i might have some insight on this as i've taken an almaghrib course with muhammad al-shareef, been to some of his lectures and i frequent the almaghirb forums. so here's the rundown:
there is more than just a salafi tendency. the courses they offer are from the aou curriculum. all the shaykhs they cite are salafi's (ibn uthaymeen being the main one cited in the tafseer class i took). the latest course they are offering is being taught by another madinah graduate and is along the lines of bilal phillips's "the evolution of fiqh"- in fact the course carries that same name.
as for the forum, all discussions are from a la-madhhabi position (ie "what is the daleel", "opinion X has the strongest evidence" "shaykh al-albani says...." etc). only salafi fatwa's and articles are allowed to be copy pasted (islam-qa being cited as the most reliable source) and links to sunnipath are deleted as it is a "sufi website", in other words almaghrib and its director are 100% salafi.
that said, it is not a vociferous salafism. there is no mention of the term itself, no diatribes against scholars or madhhabs as such, rather the salafi position is presented as "just islam". in fact, part of muhammad al-shareef's program, it seems to me, is to enter the islamic-learning "marketplace" as uncontroversially as possible so as to alienate as few people as people as possible. sort of a dawah as broad-marketing strategy.
quite interesting.
wasalam
-alex

[Mustafa]

wa alaikum as salaam

That is very interesting. From the articles he's written, he does seem to be a moderate salafi.

I've heard that students on his course get course credit from Al Azhar - is this true? And what does this mean in this day and age (I don't know much about modern day Al Azhar; it was an Ashari institute in the past and I didn't think salafis would want to affiliate with that)?


Wa salam
Your brother in Islam

[ilm_seeker]

He is a Salafi without question. he conforms to the Salafi Aqidah and its methodology of fiqh and refers to Ibn Uthaymeen as my Shaykh or our Shaykh.

However he is a salafi without the title. he does not proclaim to be Salafi.

They have the attittde of we are not salafi, Shafi etc etc, we just follow the Quran and Sunnah.

To make it appear as if they are the only Muslims who follow the Quran and Sunnah.

He is a Salafi without the Name.

New Front same propaganda.

Maa salaama,

aMuslimForLife

As sallamu alaikum

Are you the same 'aMuslimForLife' from ClearGuidance forums?

Wa alaikum as sallam

[Mustafa]

What is a moderate Salafi?

In relation to other salafis, it would be someone who doesn't use all his energy and time to attack other Muslims and promote hatred of other Muslims.

Wa salam
Your brother in Islam

[aMuslimForLife]

As sallamu alaikum

Are you the same 'aMuslimForLife' from ClearGuidance forums?

Wa alaikum as sallam

NO.

[faqir]

Asalamu alaykum aMuslim4life - nice to see you posting here Akhi. Just wondering, if you are here then who is left to clear up the mess there? (ya'ni - Islamicaweb.com/forums)