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[quote]Quote: If we accept that majority of muslims is the criteria for something to be correct,would be irrespective of what my inborn guidance says.If someone is in Afghanistan, would they ahve to agree with taliban, without choice? If in Saudi Arabia to wahabhi ways.In Iran what would be the course, we cannot keep changing the gaol posts and say we will accept majority where it suits us.

Reply: Firstly, we are not discussing a localized majority here. As Mr. Usmani had pointed out in one of his posts, it is a majority of islamic scholars, of past and present, irrespective of their geography.

Now you are asking a different question. And that is whether it is correct to utilize a majority opinion in making a decision about two differing yet valid interpretations? I am saying, had such a majority existed where there would have a consensus on most matters, then it certainly would have been a good suggestion to follow a majority, because the chances of error would be minimized. My claim is such a majority has never existed, and the "Sawad -e-Azam" referred by Prophet, are people who basically agree on the accurate transfer of CONTENT OF RELIGION to us. That surely is a majority, but it cant judge between variant opinions as it itself holds diverse opinions.

Just a comment, which probably is irrelevant to this discussion....Even the concept of 'inborn guidance' can only be claimed on the basis of the reason that a large majority of all humans of all time have generally shown a consensus on certain ethical solutions. If we dont agree with that reasoning then it is not possible to justify a constant 'inborn guidance'. Everybody's inborn guidance would be unique and hence it would not be possible to claim one, constant guidance and use it as a reference point.

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