I hope that after this brief explanation in would be crystal clear to the Sunni Musalmaan that reciting Durood Shareef before and after A Azaan is not at all a bad act but a very good, a very virtuous act and an act bringing tremendous rewards and mercies.

In the fatwa, it has been said that "since the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) has not ordered it, so Durood Shareef is not recited while (Ruko or Sajdah or Qiyaam) kneeling or prostrating or standing in Namaaz" O Mufti Sahib, please note that it has been proved by a hadeeth, in Muslim Shareef that the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) has ordered that Durood Shareef be recited after Azaan and books by Imaam Sakhaavi and Ibne Qaiyyim contain hadeeth ordering reciting: Durood before they say any thing good.

So, according to their own fatwa it its proved that to forbid reciting Durood Shareef on the special occasions it has been ordered to be recited tantamount to forbidding an order of the holy prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) and surely every one believing in the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) will follow his Prophet's order and will not give any importance to any other thing for the basis of Faith is the Qur'aan and the Sunnat and no saying or action of any Imaam (religious guide) Mujtahid (a supervisor in religious matters), and Muftee (an expounder of Muslim law) is acceptable.

As for the claim made in Muftee Sahib's fatwa that "for 1400 years Azaan has been called without Durood it has to be said that this its due merely to his ignorance. If he is true in his claim he should prove, through right arguments. my present writing to be wrong. Or else he should repent for his wrong standpoint and desist from misguiding true Musalmaans without any rhyme or reason, and, thus, save himself from adding to the scroll of his black deeds.

In this fatwa' it has also been said "that the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) has forbidden fasting on Fridays". I say to this Muftee Sahib that the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) has enjoined fasting on Mondays because it is the day when the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) was born. So, O Muftee Sahib, tell me why then you call celebrating the birth of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) that is to say, Meelaad Shareef, as an innovation. Perhaps, in your sight all Prophetic Sunnat are innovations. (May Al-Laah Subhaanahu save us from the mischief of such fatawa).

This servant of the Ahle Sunnat appeals to the true Sunni Musalmaan that they should not, and never, attach any importance to the fatawa by the Muftees who are inimical to Deen and against demonstrating respect and love for the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam). Their real aim is to destroy the spiritual progress and the unity of the Millat. By stopping reciting Durood-o-Salaam, these people are ruining themselves as well as other Musalmaans.

Let us pray to the Almighty (Al-Laah Subhaanahu) that He may grant us greater courage and capacity to send in abundance the tribute of Durood-o-Salaam to the court of the holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam), so that we may be rewarded with the pleasure of Almighty Al-Laah and of His beloved Saiyyidina Muhammad Mustafa (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) and our enemies become more jealous. As the poet has said: Wa Sallal Laahu Alaa Habeebihi Saiyyidina Muhammadin Wa Aalihi

Wa Ashaabihi Wa Baaraka Wa Sallama Ajma'een.

(Wamaa' 'A laeinaa il-lal Balaagh. )

Ramadaanul Mubarak, 1408 A.H. Karachi.

Kaukab Noorani Okarvi

Gufira Lahu

(May Allah grant him forgiveness)