Is Following A Madhhab An Innovation Or An Obligation?
This is a collection of articles about following one of the four Sunni madhhabs (Schools of Islamic jurisprudence) in Islam.
The articles were written by the following contemporary authors from the Hanafi, Maliki and Shafi’i Madhabs:
1- Mufti Muhammed Taqi Usmani of Pakistan
2- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (TJ…
Difference of the Jurists Due to Varying Degrees of Knowledge of the Sunnah
Translator’s Preface
The following is an excerpt from our abridged translation of the masterpiece, Athar al-Hadīth al-Sharīf fī Ikhtilāf al-A’immah al-Fuqahā’, by the Syrian Hadīth scholar, the teacher of our teachers, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwāmah. There were …
Akhbar al-Fuqaha Narration on Non Raf’ul Yadayn
This article by Shaykh Rayhan Jawaid examines a unique narration from the Akhbar al-Fuqaha of Imam Muhammad ibn Harith al-Khushani (D. 361AH) mentioning the abrogation of the raising of the hands in Salah after the initial Takbir (Tark Raf’ul Yadayn fis Salah) from the Sahabi – ‘Abdullah Ibn…
Issues Related to the ‘Aqida of Imam Ibn ‘Abdal-Barr (d. 463 AH)
Al Hafiz Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr (d.463H) was a renowned specialist in Hadith affiliated to the Maliki madhhab. Al Qadi ‘Iyad (d.544H) said of him: “His name is Yusuf ibn’ Abdi Llah Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr al-Numayrî. The Hafiz, the Shaykh of the scholars of…
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi: No need to discuss the reliability of Imams like Abu Hanifa
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi: No need to discuss the reliability of Imams like Abu Hanifa
وجملته أن الراوي لا يخلو إما أن يكون معلوم العدالة أو معلوم الفسق أو مجهول الحال، فإن كانت عدالته معلومة كالصحابة رضي الله عنهم أو أفاضل التابعين كالحسن وعطاء والشعبي والنخعي وأجلاء الأئمة كمالك وسفيان وأبي حنيفة والشافعي وأحمد وإسحاق ومن يجري مجراهم وجب قبول خبره ولم يجب البحث عن عدالته
“To summarize; a narrator is either known for his reliability or for his being unsound or else he will be unknown. If his reliability is known as is the case of the Companions…
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