 In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The

Most Merciful.
Outline

 Deen
 Madhab or religion.
 Difference between DEEN & Madhab.
 Its impacts on Human life.
DEEN and Religion is clarified but prior to
this a deliberation over the meaning and
interpretation of both the words should be
opted for only to facilitate a better
understanding of the subsequent matter.

Allahsays in the holy Quran Verily the

Deen in the sight of Allah is only Islam
“Inn-ud-dina ind Allah hil Islam.”
According to
 “Religion is a set of doctrine, Rituals and ethics”.

(Lord North Burning)

 “There is no living religion without something like
a doctrine. On the other hand , a doctrine , however
elaborate, does not constitute a religion”
(C.P.Tsele)
 A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated
mode of life; the religious state ; as, to enter religion.
(Chaucer)
 “Deen “ means absolute sovereignty (of Allah).

 “Deen” means absolute submission (of man to

the absolute soverign).

 “Deen” indicate reward and accountability.

 “Deen” expresses a way of life or a code of

conduct.
 It was exigently just that the believers of Islam
should have accepted and introduced Deen i.e.,
Deen-e-Islam as the Islamic law and way of life
but that was not done. On the contrary, a self
invented word, Mazhab was opted for against
'Deen', the proof of which is there in neither the
Holy Qur’an nor any Prophetic tradition.
 It was exigently just that the believers of Islam
should have accepted and introduced Deen i.e.,
Deen-e-Islam as the Islamic law . On the contrary,
a self invented word, Mazhab was opted for
against 'Deen', the proof of which is there in
neither the Holy Qur’an nor any Prophetic
tradition.
 On the other hand, the sense in which the word
has been used in the Prophetic tradition if that is to
be used for indicating religion, that would be an
insult to Islam. Even now the word Mazhab has
become so common that Islam is being identified
as 'Mazhab' instead of Deen and this all is the work
of religious monopolists.
 Deen Deen is an Islaamic word and it is proved by the Holy
Qur’an and Ahadees.
 The Deen in the sight of Allah (SWT) is only Islaam "The Deen
before Allah (accepted by Allah) is Islam" (Aal-Imran 3:19) Deen
has been approved of and favoured by Allah "Today, I have
completed your Deen, and have completed my bliss upon you and
accepted for you Islam as a Deen." (Al-Mai’da 5:3)
 Deen is complete "Today, I have completed your Deen..” (Al-
Mai’da 5:3) Deen is Pure “Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure
religion. (Az-Zumar 39:3) Mazhab Mazhab is a non-Islaamic word
and it has not been used in the Holy Qur’an or Ahadees in this
context.

Mazaahib is a Self-made thing and Allah (SWT) never likes Self-

made things in Islaam. Mazaahib are incomplete. There are self-
made statements and proclamations in Mazaahib and this would
continue till the time of Qayamah if they don’t repent and get back
Islaam. Hence, the whole way of life in Mazaahib is self-made law
which is against Islaam. Mazaahib are not pure; indeed they are
adulterated and have the combination of Statements,
Proclamations, advices and suggestions which are self-made and
are contradictory to Islaamic concepts.
 Deen Deen has been chosen by Allah (SWT).
“Indeed Allah has chosen for you this Deen…”
(Al-Baqara 2:132) .
 Only Deen will be accepted And whoever
desires other than Islam as religion - never will
it be accepted from him, and he, in the
Hereafter, will be among the losers. (Aal-Imran
3:85).
 (Al-Anfal 8:39) Mazhab Mazaahib are Self-
made and are made with human-intervention.
Since Mazaahib are self-made and against
Islaam undoubtedly it will not be accepted.
 Deen A messenger or Prophet of Allah will only bring Deen with
him. "It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the
religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although they who
associate others with Allah dislike it.” (At-Tawba 9:33).
 Fiqh (deep understanding) in Deen is a favour “To whomever
Allah Wants to favour HE grants him Fiqh in Deen (full
understanding of Deen-e-Islaam).” (Sahih Buqari & Sahih Muslim)
Mazhab .
 There is no relation of Mazaahib with the Messengers or rather
these sects are associated with some other Personalities.
 The Present day situation is an illustration of the same. “Indeed,
those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O
Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything. Their
affair is only [left] to Allah; then He will inform them about what
they used to do.”
 (Al-‘An’am 6:159) Muqallid (the one who is committed to
uncritical and unqualified acceptance and emulation of traditional
orthodoxy or an authoritarian code of a particular religious
teacher).
 Mazhab is an un-Islamic law and self created
means of establishing relation with Allah.

 Mazhab has self-invented methods of prayers,

apart from an intrusion and impulse of one's
baser self whereas ,Deen is known as code of
living in accordance with that of the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) and striving to achieve the
will of Allah.
 Mazhab
 Zahab: go, pass by, walk.
 Mazhab: Method, belief or faith , manner.
 As per grammar, Mazhab is an adverbial Noun
that shows the place or time of an action.
(Tasheel,ul-adab, Filisaan ula-arb ).
 There are so called five popular Mazahib
 Hanafi
 Shafaye
 Hamabli
 Malaki
 Ahle Hadees
 The fundamental difference between the two terms
must be understood. Madhab, or religion, is a term
used for a set of beliefs and rituals of worship. On the
other hand, Deen refers to an entire way of life that
pervades all aspects of life. In other words, as
compared to Madhab, Deen is a far more
comprehensive, all-encompassing reality. With this
backdrop, it will perhaps not be entirely correct to say
that Islam is not a Madhab (religion), because all of the
elements of a Madhab are certainly part and parcel of
Islam - it includes the articles of belief, spirituality, and
the etiquettes of worship (Salah, Saum, Zakah and
Hajj). Hence, it would be more accurate to say that
Islam is not merely a Madhab, but an entire code of life
(Deen). It not only offers whatever constitutes religion,
but is endowed with the elements of a complete way of
life. Hence, Islam is, essentially,
Comparing and Contrasting – the differences between Deen and Mazhab
DEEN MAZHAB
 Deen is an Islaamic word and it is proved  Mazhab is a non-Islaamic word and it has not
by the Holy Qur’an and Ahadees. been used in the Holy Qur’an or Ahadees in this
context.
 The Deen in the sight of Allah (SWT) is only
Islaam  There is no such proof in Mazhab rather Mazhab
is Sectarianism.

"The Deen before Allah (accepted by Allah)

is Islam" (Aal-Imran 3:19)

 There is no scope or rather an instance of

 Deen has been approved of and favoured
Sectarianism or Mazaahib in Islaam. Hence,
by Allah Mazaahib is a Self-made thing and Allah (SWT)
"Today, I have completed your Deen, and have never likes Self-made things in Islaam.
completed my bliss upon you and accepted for
you Islam as a Deen."
(Al-Mai’da 5:3)  Mazaahib are incomplete. There are self-made
statements and proclamations in Mazaahib and
 Deen is complete this would continue till the time of Qayamah if
they don’t repent and get back Islaam. Hence,
"Today, I have completed your Deen..” the whole way of life in Mazaahib is self-made
(Al-Mai’da 5:3) law which is against Islaam.

 Deen is Pure  Mazaahib are not pure; indeed they are

adulterated and have the combination of
Statements, Proclamations, advices and
suggestions which are self-made and are
“Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure
contradictory to Islaamic concepts.
religion. (Az-Zumar 39:3)
 DEEN MAZHAB
 Deen has been chosen by Allah (SWT).  Mazaahib are Self-made and are made with
human-intervention.

“Indeed Allah has chosen for you this Deen…”

(Al-Baqara 2:132)

 Since Mazaahib are self-made and against Islaam

 Only Deen will be accepted
undoubtedly it will not be accepted.

And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will

it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be
among the losers. (Aal-Imran 3:85)

 The purpose of Jihad (which cannot be called as

 The purpose of Jihad in Deen is to establish Jihad, anyways) in Mazaahib is to continue the
the Deen of Allah completely. sect based on some Personality, Individuality,
Community or Region.

“And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until]

the religion, all of it, is for Allah. And if they cease -
then indeed, Allah is Seeing of what they do.”
(Al-Anfal 8:39)
 Deen is a broader and deeper concept where
religion is only a set of dogmas and rituals.
 Deen is in contrast to religion . It is a
declaration of war against secularism, because
the word religion is used in a narrow sense and
its scope is limited to the set of dogmas and a
number of social customs to celebrate
important life events.
 Deen on the other hand is a system of life in
which human beings consciously surrenders
themselves to sovereignty of higher authority .
 Every Human being from Hazrat Adam to an an ideal Muslim of
today, who has actually accepted the “Deen” of Allah, is follwing
a universal code of conduct which is Islam.
 From Hazrat Adam to Hazrat Muhammad(P.B.U.H) all preached
the same “Deen”.
 In other religion there is a bifurcation between religions that
religion is only sort of subjective belief which creates a sort of
private relationship between God and man. Therefore , they
believe that religion is one’s personal matter which has not
influence on life in this world.
 They consider that the laws of the worldly life should be should
on logic and reason and the religion is only to get connected with
God.
 Hence , Other religions bifurcate life into spiritual and material
realms.
 The followers of those religions also believe that their salvation in
the next world depends on renouncing this material world.
 Various aspects of religion on human life
 Religion leads man of an inner , most intitude
experience to the acceptance of unitary explanation
of life.
 It is only faith in the existence of an Eternal Being,
who knows man equally from within and without
and who has full control over him, that cultivates
these virtues within man and impels him to
automatic righteousness and adherence to duty,
and if need be, to make sacrifices for the sake of
others.
 The well-known philosopher-cum-historian, Will
Durant says in his book, 'Pleasures of Philosophy'
that, without the backing of religion, morality is
nothing more than arithmomancy, as without it,
the sense of obligation disappears.

 Religion provides power for facing adversities and
serves as a bulwark against undesirable reactions
of despair and hopelessness.
 A religious man, with firm belief in Allah, and of
His munificence, does not find himself in utter
desperation even in the worst moments of his life,
because he knows well that he is under the
protection of a Being who is Almighty. With faith
in the fact that every problem can be solved and
every deadlock can be resolved with His help, he
can overcome every disappointment and
hopelessness
 Holy Quran says:
 "Surely those who are close to Allah, have no
fear nor shall they grieve." (Surah Younus,
10:62
 According to Dr. Durant, behavior of a man
who is not blessed with reliance on religion
suffers from special epicurean confusion, and
the life which has not the comforting support
of religion, is an unbearable burden.

 Man cannot live in an ideological vacuum for long and as
such his tendency towards a wrong ideology and false
values becomes definite. His intellectual life is not filled
with sound beliefs and healthy teachings. A superstitious
and even destructive ideas may find way into his spiritual
firmament and may for ever pollute his brain.
 All this originates from spiritual vacuum. It is religion
which can fill the ideological and intellectual vacuum with
sound teachings and can save one from a tendency towards
absurdities and irrationalities.
 Hence, true understanding of religion can play an important
role in combating superstitions, though it is true that even
religion itself, if not understood correctly, may promote
superstitions.

 Religion with its firm and sound teachings can be an
effective factor in scientific progress, because its
foundation has been laid on the solid bed-rock of
"freedom of will" and on the fact that everybody is
accountable for his own deeds.
 The Holy Quran says : "Everyone is entangled in the
outcome of his deeds." (Surah al-Muddath-thir 74:38)

 Faith in religion teaches that limitless knowledge is the

source of this cosmos, which is like a very grand book
penned by an erudite scholar. Every page of it, every
line and every word of it, contains a glaring truth
which stimulates us to further study and
contemplation.
 Religion strongly opposes every discrimination based on color, race or
class, because it regards all human beings as God's creatures and every
country as God's country. According to it, all enjoy God's love and
kindness equally and as such, all are equal.

 According to the teachings of Islam, no man can be superior to another
man on the basis of his color, race, descent, language or class.
 Islam recognizes only piety and knowledge as the touch-stones of
superiority .Allah says:

 "Man, we have created you from a male and a female, and we have
divided you into nations and tribes, so that you may get to know one
another. Surely the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is he who
is most pious."(Surah al- Hujurat, 49 :13)

 Thus the role of religion in a world that has not yet been able even to
solve the color problem, the question of class apart, is quite clear.
 Man has been familiar with religion for such a long time that
it covers the entire recorded history of human life and goes
back into the depths of pre-historic times.

 The Holy Quran has described religion as man's innate
nature and Allah's established order. It says :
 Islam is in harmony with nature which Allah has designed
for man. ( Surah al -Rum,30 : 30)

 Research carried out by sociologists and historians shows
that places of worship, either in their simple or elaborate
and complex form, have always had an influence on human
life, and religion in its various shapes has been interwoven
with its history .

 religion restricts
 individual freedom and disallows the
fulfillment of some desires, whereas, in fact, the
aim of religious teaching is not at all to put an
end to logical freedom. Its aim is only to stop
wastage of human energies and assets and to
prevent their flow into improper and worthless
channels.
 Deen is the way of living and includes all codes
and conducts of life. Religion is just a fraction
and did not engulf all the thoughts , duties and
responsibilities of human life.
 ANY “QUESTIONS