peace be upon u all. I was curious to know who are some of the top Ahle Sunna jurisprudenths/faqihs/experts in law of Islam of our time?
I hope its not Sheikh Al Tantawi from Al-Azhar who shook hands with SHamon Peres last month!
Please, just a name or two would be appreciated.
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In Pakistn i think its "Thanvi", i dont remeber his full name.
I hope its not Sheikh Al Tantawi from Al-Azhar who shook hands with SHamon Peres last month!
he aint an aalim, he's a joker....
there are many scholars....
it wud be nufair to mention a few and leave out the rest....
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^bro, mention as many as u wud like if u wish.
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our own Mufti Taqi Usmani
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Taqi usmani is nothing but a munafiq ....he cannot reach the dust of Shaykh Ninowy
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^ how can u call him a munafiq without any evidence????
I hope its not Sheikh Al Tantawi from Al-Azhar who shook hands with SHamon Peres last month!
Wow, do you have a source or picture for this?
Taqi usmani is nothing but a munafiq ....he cannot reach the dust of Shaykh Ninowy
Astagfrullah. I would retract my words if I were you. Careful where you direct the daggers based on opinions.
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Do Sunni faqih perform their own Ijtihad right from the begining or do they refer back to the works of the big 4's Hanbali, Hanafi, Shaafai and Maliki only? Or do they investigate and do ijtihad on the newer questions only (for example, praying in an aeroplane etc)?
I am quite surprised because most of my well versed Sunni friends take their fiqh related questions to the loca mosque and just ask the local Imam (whoever he might be. From what i saw most of them are on Saudi payroll). They seem to ask around all kind of people outside the mosque too before choosing what they seem fit for themselves. I was thinking surely this cant be right!
Do Sunni faqih perform their own Ijtihad right from the begining or do they refer back to the works of the big 4's Hanbali, Hanafi, Shaafai and Maliki only? Or do they investigate and do ijtihad on the newer questions only (for example, praying in an aeroplane etc)?
I am quite surprised because most of my well versed Sunni friends take their fiqh related questions to the loca mosque and just ask the local Imam (whoever he might be. From what i saw most of them are on Saudi payroll). They seem to ask around all kind of people outside the mosque too before choosing what they seem fit for themselves. I was thinking surely this cant be right!
From what i know sunni and shia attitude towards Fiqah are quite different.
Shia have a much more organized clergy, which is also more centralized and its difficult for an individual Aalim to get recognised in Ahle-Tashi.
In contrast sunni do not have a centralised, organised clergy. Hence the difference among them is a lot more.
As for Ijtehad, they refer to 4 schools of thought and only do ijtehad on new things.
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Most Sunni scholars will voice the opinion of the school they are affiliated to, but when they voice their own opinion they will make it clear that it is their own opinion.
Matters that are subject to ijtehad only the Mujtahids are allowed to perform, matters on which the majority of mujtahids agree within a school is termed the 'opinion of the school', regardless of the opinion of the founding Imam of that school.
Matters of fatwa are subject to Muftis. The difference between ijtehad and fatwa is that the former is a baseline 'extrapolation' of external (or not direct) evidence. Whereas fatwas are taken from direct inference only and usually case specific. The fatwa for one person to do something may not be applicable for another.
Matters of fiqh can be from either ijtehad or fatwa ... the local muftis are approached for the reason of specific fatwa only, but the high ranking ulema should be consulted for ijtehad. It is usual for local muftis to quote mujtahids in the fatwa they give and they will rarely change the basic tenets of the school or provide a new matter, but the mujtahids can do this.
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For the record a Faqih is a scientist of Fiqh - i.e. one who knows the etiquette of rule making.
In which case a Mufti, Mujtahid Muqayyid and Mujtahid Mutlaq are classifications of Faqih, each knowing their limit of responsibility pertaining to fiqh.
Taqi usmani is nothing but a munafiq ....he cannot reach the dust of Shaykh Ninowy
strong words! whats this based on?
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Crescent ,armughal
why dont u tell this to taqi usmani who has spread hatred in many of his books against personalities who are far superior to him in every respect.Evidence is in his books
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Oh, are we back to playing the game of “who’s mullah is better - yours or mine?”
For the IT guys on this thread. This reminds of comparison between Mac and PC.
Shia clergy is organized like Apple Macintosh system. Very sleek, good looking and highly centralized.
Sunni clergy is like PC. Operating system is developed by some and it is full of bugs, hardware by others. No central authority, anyone can do fatwa or insert a new card in the system.
Result:
Just like Mac, 10% or so market is for the Shia clergy.
Just like PC, more than 80% "market" is reserved for Sunni clergy.
For the rest of 5-10% think Palm and Unix.
For the IT guys on this thread. This reminds of comparison between Mac and PC.
Shia clergy is organized like Apple Macintosh system. Very sleek, good looking and highly centralized.
Sunni clergy is like PC. Operating system is developed by some and it is full of bugs, hardware by others. No central authority, anyone can do fatwa or insert a new card in the system.
Result:
Just like Mac, 10% or so market is for the Shia clergy. Just like PC, more than 80% "market" is reserved for Sunni clergy.
For the rest of 5-10% think Palm and Unix.
:)
For the IT guys on this thread. This reminds of comparison between Mac and PC.
Shia clergy is organized like Apple Macintosh system. Very sleek, good looking and highly centralized.
Sunni clergy is like PC. Operating system is developed by some and it is full of bugs, hardware by others. No central authority, anyone can do fatwa or insert a new card in the system.
Result:
Just like Mac, 10% or so market is for the Shia clergy. Just like PC, more than 80% "market" is reserved for Sunni clergy.
For the rest of 5-10% think Palm and Unix.
haha, quite right
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its one and only reason .. why i dunt reply to these kinda threads where ppl start giving their own fatwas … as to whose munafiq ..and whose an idiot .. and who just did blasphemy … but what ever ..sticking to the thread …
Sheikh Omar Haashim .. from Egypt ..
Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman from pakistan …
Allah Tahir ul Qadri from Pakistan
Honourable Peerzada Imdad Hussain (www.mihpirzada.com) england
Sheikh Amin ul Hasanat Shah from Pakistan behra
Hamza Yousef From America
Habib Al Jifri from yemen
i can name a few more .. if ya want info leme know ..