Re: Following one Particular Imam in every Juristic Issue
Put them together in one car and then the trouble starts, each one wants to go to Dallas via their own preference. Now who gives way to who. An intelligent reply would be based on the circumstances i.e. do you want to get their faster, smoother or whatever reason that needs to be accounted for. And those reaons should be the deciding factor in choosing which highway the two people will take.
So if our people or muslims can learn to accept each others viewpoint based on the situation they are in together, then it work work well. When individuals are concerned, do what best suits your need or pleases you. When together do what best suits the needs of the situation in which all are involved.
Nobody has talked about 2 or more people being together and having a different madhab. The circumstances are different and there are solutions to such situations.
Re: Following one Particular Imam in every Juristic Issue
Its something that divide us into 4.
If all r right why we have to stick with one. If all are derivation from quran why not follow all of them and why we follow them instead of Quran o Sunnah.
Re: Following one Particular Imam in every Juristic Issue
If all r right why we have to stick with one. If all are derivation from quran why not follow all of them and why we follow them instead of Quran o Sunnah.
I don't understand that.
Because all 4 has proof from the Quran and Sunnah, there were differences between the Sahabas. These differences are mercy for the Ummah. When you follow a madhab, you are actullay following Quran and Sunnah.
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the reason madhabi are unified, is because htey follow the Quran and Sunnah.
People who have no barely read up on Quran or Sunnah, dont understand why taqleed takes place in the first place. Its all in Quran and Sunnah, and no madhab has introduced any new concept.
Infact, picking and choosing, which the Quran openly condemns, is now becoming the main form of "practice in islam".
Thats more innovation, than the concept of taqleed apparent from the time of the Prophet pbuh.
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Put them together in one car and then the trouble starts, each one wants to go to Dallas via their own preference. Now who gives way to who. An intelligent reply would be based on the circumstances i.e. do you want to get their faster, smoother or whatever reason that needs to be accounted for. And those reaons should be the deciding factor in choosing which highway the two people will take.
So if our people or muslims can learn to accept each others viewpoint based on the situation they are in together, then it work work well. When individuals are concerned, do what best suits your need or pleases you. When together do what best suits the needs of the situation in which all are involved.
I'm sorry but this is the worst analogy you can ascribe to the concept of taqleed.
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And most of you are asking questions which are answered in the initial post.
Please ! READ!!!! and understand your religion, before questioning. Lack of Knowledge is the reason we're divided in the first place, and the reason why we have ended up to this sort of ignorance.
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Who told us to only stick with one.
As you said mercy for Ummah so why not follow all mercy instead of one.
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'The differences
among my Ulama is a mercy.' ( like the differences of the madhab, because Sahabas had difference on same issues. On any matter that Sahabas agreed, there is no difference between the madhabs)
A surgeon performing an operation has a choice to use several methods to
perform the operation viz. Sir John, Hamiltom and Sir Conner's methods. All
these methods are correct. When applied, each method (individually) have to
be carried out in its entirety - the operation cannot be done by applying a
little of the method of Sir John and a little of Sir Conner's and a little
of Hamilton. Despite all being correct applications, only one method of
application may be used for a particular operation each time. Similarly, a
Muslim is required to follow one Madhab at a time so as not to confuse the
various applications. It must be understood that the knowledge of the
Sahaaba (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) possessed is in no comparison to ours. Hence,
our understanding of the interpretations to the variations of each matter
could cause immeasurable confusion.
Each Imaam has based his Madhab on certain principles and on the basis of these principles were the rulings issued. By picking and choosing from these rulings, one would inevitably end up contradicting himself in the principles. An example to illustrate it to you in our daily lives would be, American pronounce the last letter of the alphabet as 'zee', while the British pronounce it as 'Zead'. This is a principle and pronounciation of words is based on this principle, this zebra is pronounced 'Zeebra' by Americans and Zebra by the British. If a person pronounced the letter as Zead but Zebra as Zeebra, it would be pointed out to him that what you are doing is unacceptable. Similar is the case with regard to picking and choosing between Madhabs. Secondly, while all the Imaam are right, if you pick rulings, your desires will lead you astray by causing you to pick those rulings that suit your whims and fancies and no sooner does a person do that, than he goes astray.
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I doubt you could understand it if you could not grasp what I was trying to say through my example. My analogy was meant to highlight how people often refuse to realize the view point of other madhabs to the point where they would create division.
This happened in the masjid I usually go to. Two years ago on Eid ul Fitr we had two Jama'a in the masjid because on the large volume of people. The regular Imam usually prays the Eid Salat the sha'afi way, the second Jama'a was to be lead by another person who said he will lead it the Hanafi way (different number of Takbirs at different times in the prayer). Half the people refused to pray behind him and a useless argument ensued. This is but one little example.
Those who say all madhabs are right truely lack any insight or understanding at all. A major reason why some of the opinions of these great jurists differ is because the set of evidence they derived it from was different. If they had the breadth of evidence that is available to the jurists of today I think there opinions would be much more along the same lines.
See these great jurists were not ignorant of evidence but they simply did not have it all or more of it. We today are simply ignorant of it despite the fact that we have it and are not willing re-evaluate a lot of things and overruling some of the things that different madhabs have established.
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We respect the other madhabs more than you think. For you to say "people fail to realize the viewpoint of other madhabs" is false. Because we accept their viewpoint as correct.
As for your Eid Prayer example, thats completely acceptable, doesn't mean that they were arguing about who was right or wrong, but more so about how they had to pray. Atleast they weren't selling their nafs to shaytaan for easier convenience.
Lastly, saying that the jurists did not have enough evidence is the most absurd statement ever! they were Tabaien Tabatabaien, and you think they didn't have enough evidence???
They were the closest to the Prophet pbuh, than we'll ever be. And they studied under one another, they were students of one another. So how could we even think of saying "a reform" is needed.
I'd rather trust the judgement of those closest to the Prophet pbuh, then some guy from today's world.
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Lets assume that an Islamic estate is established that includes parts of Africa (mostly Maliki) and asia(mostly Hanafi). Which of 4 Fiqhs will be the basis of this state's legislation?
Re: Following one Particular Imam in every Juristic Issue
Lets assume that an Islamic estate is established that includes parts of Africa (mostly Maliki) and asia(mostly Hanafi). Which of 4 Fiqhs will be the basis of this state's legislation?