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[quote]Yes I agree, and you have made a very valid point here. I started this discussion because of two statements which were made here and I qoute:

[red]Quote1: We must see where are the majority of learned and sincere people

Quote2: What I have seen here that the people who did not accept sufism as part of islam are mostly those who thought that they have enough ability to undersatnd the religion and refused to accept the interpretation of majority of lerned people of the past and presents[/red]

To bring the discussion into perspective, I am basically questioning this concept of 'majority'. As you can see, this concept of majority or 'Jamhoor' assumes that a large group of scholars holds common opinion on most, if not all, matters of religion. Based on this assumption, any view 'different' from the 'majority' will be rejected just because it is 'different'. I think this concept contradicts with ground realities of present and also with history of Islamic Studies. Such a 'majority' has never existed. The reasoning used to support it is this: According to the 'majority's interpretation of the Ahadith such a 'majority' exists - as you can see it is a circular argument and cannot be accepted on logical grounds.

Salman[/quote]

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