جاویداحمدغامدی کےاُصول فطرت کاایک تنقیدی جائزہ

Critical Review of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi's Principles of Fitrat

Abstract

A critical review of Mr. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi's Usul Fitrat has been conducted. First, an introduction to Javed Ahmad Ghamidi has been presented. After that, a brief introductory review of Mr. Ghamidi's Usul and principles of Sharia has been conducted. In this introduction, Ghamidi's four principles have been presented, which are Fitrat, Sunnah of Abraham, the Books of the Prophets, and the Holy Quran. The first principle, which is the strongest among all the principles of him is Usul e Fitrat. After a detailed critical examination of this principle, it has been proven that the aforementioned principle is contrary to the teachings of the Quran as well as to reasoning. Islamic teachings, the Quran, Hadith, and the scriptures of past prophets require that adultery is forbidden, but the requirement of Fitrat is that it is a necessity, like food, drink, and other necessities, and should be done wherever and however easily available. Similarly, the issue of beards is that beards are in accordance with Fitrat and should be left alone, while Mr. Ghamidi himself is going against his own principles. Similarly, one issue related to the principle of Fitrat is that of Ḥilāt and Ḥirmat. It is the function of Sharia to impose Ḥilāt and Ḥirmat, not Fitrat, to impose Ḥilāt and Ḥirmat. When Ghamidi includes Ḥilāt and Ḥirmat in the principle of Fitrat, a detailed critical examination of the aforementioned principle has been conducted. In which it has been proven that the argument made from the principle of Fitrat regarding the issue of halal and haram is not at all correct. In fact, Mr. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi's principle of Fitrat is a principle he himself devised, which no one has adopted or argued from in the fourteen hundred years of Islamic history.