I used to be a Hanafi, but many of my Aqaaids are drifting towards Shafi’ee…As I keep getting Dalils, I keep shifting towards the Shafi’ee way…
So that basically makes me a ‘Shanafi Muslim’…
Question is, the Holy Prophet :saw: often did some things which the Shafi’ee follow and somethings which Hanafis follow…
Shouldn;t the proper Sunnah be to sometimes do this thing according to Shafi’ees and some according to Hanafis, Malikis and Hambalis?
Regards,
A Shanafi Muslim…
Re: Shanafi Muslim...
From what I have read and heard, one shouldn't pick and chose between madhabs by himself. It is very important to consult a scholar on the subject first and then act accordingly.
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
Bhai saab, you’re on the right track, insha’Allah. :k:
Which madhhab is the most correct?
Adhering to a madhhab when one knows that other madhhabs have stronger evidence
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
Lajawab, since you are transitioning from Hanafi Madhab, you might as well read this:
http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00004072.aspx
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
I know a guy who was raised in a family that generally followed Hanafi fiqh. Later in life he joined a religo-political group in which most of the scholars were Shafi. At that point, he decided that since the scholars he could most easily get advice from were Shafi, he went cold turkey on Hanafi and switched abruptly to Shafi.
Apparently, in Shafi fiqh you can start cutting short prayers as soon as you leave the town you live in or something like that 
Personally, I’m a madhhab remixer. I’ve been raised in a family that loosely followed Hanafi fiqh and still have (presumably) Hanafi beliefs on any issue which I’ve never needed clarification on, but where I seek the words of scholard on topics I end up following whichever fiqh seems to me to present the stronger evidence.
Re: Shanafi Muslim...
When the Quran says that the message has been made clear to each individual who reads it, and that there is no need of any interpretist like a Pope to make you understand what it means?
Sure, you should do your research on what you're reading and take into account historical context, etc. But you don't need to go to a scholar to do that necessarily...
We should have better Islamic libraries available to the public.
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
salam lajawab,
dear freind,
wot ever madhab u follow,
hanafi.sgaafi.hambalui.maliki,
its one an dthe same thing,
u cannot say that if i m hanafi means hanafi’s are onlt true or shafi or hambalai and so on,
evry maslak has 2 things in common that is they pray to allah and they follow pbuh, and thas the point.
so all teh maslaks are true which ever u follow!,
but if u be in between the maslajks u will be very confused coz each and evry maslak’s shariah laws are a bit different,
so u will feel very difficult to get the solution to any probs in shariah way,
so its better to foolow any one of them.
Re: Shanafi Muslim...
Lajawab- Did you consulted any good hanafi scholar for the strong evidence you received for the shafai- i have seen many friends changing thier madhab abruptly on hearing only one side of the story and when they are presented with the other view the revert back-make sure you have complete knowledge of evaluating the difference between the two madhabs, and if you still consider your self convinced - welcome to shafai fiqah.
But in my opinion picking the mas'ala on your own research alone is not recommended
sar a sar hanafi hau ja sar a sar shafai ho ja *
:D
Re: Shanafi Muslim...
By all means u have all rites to follow whatever u feel is true and correct.
But in the mean time I would like to request you one thing. Before completly switching over you start extensively pray to Allah SWT to guide you for rite path, whichever it may be. I believe in one thing that if some one ask for guidence from Allah SWT, he is sure to get it.
I hope that you got my point.
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
Wah…
No my dear brother…Welcome to the Shanafi Fiqh…
(
if my sense of humour borders on forbidden territorry…)
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
^
Agreed…
ramyssysIX, Thank you…I will read it later :insha:…
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
u tell me DID PROPHET MOHAMMAD (pbuh) HIMSELF EVER MENTIONED THIS CUTE TERM ??? 
p/s: who cares wat kinda imam u follow? .. n do leme know if any imam provides a solid arguement of chating online .. i might follow one for the first time 
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
^^
No…But there are other terms the Holy Prophet Mohammed :saw: didn’t use either…
These are just to signify what thought you follow…
A Shanafi describes someone who simply follows the strongest Dalil…That’s all…
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
such as ??? wat r u even upto ?
realy ? so far i heard STRONGEST ARGUEMENTS of attaching diff names to a group was to keep track of their fore-fathers or wat nation they belonged to .. is there any STRONGEST HADITH TO BACK it bhai saaab
***so supposedly yall are the TRUEST/PUREST/UTMOST followers ? lol ***
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
I thought the Wahabbis already took that title…
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
wat r u even talking abt ? answer my question or just lay OFF !
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
I’ll lay off…
Re: Shanafi Muslim…
In my case, it is totally 180 degree opposite.
I get normally convinced by Hanafi Dalaail even though I believe the other fiqhs to be on right path as well for following something from the Sunnah of Prophet:saw: but I strongly follow Hanafi fiqh for all the basic reason that it covers the last years of the Nubuwat at the time when all the Ehkaam were completed and made clear than before.
Re: Shanafi Muslim...
The only danger in selecting from each school of thought is that you might end up picking up what is easy for you and not what you feel is the best alternative. For example, you might adapt to the shafi' way of salaah because it does not emphasize on the sunnah prayer too much. But if your intention is to pick the best alternative from each school based on your fitrah, there's no harm InshaAllah. The majority of the fundamental issues are still agreed upon unanimously by all the schools, but make sure you have a Shaykh who you can consult when in doubt.
Allah knows best!