Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
^ was in a seminar, so got no time to check....
the thing is gramatically the act of "rubbing (famsahoo)" does not apply to feet in this verse, but rather the act mentioned before that (i.e. washing)....
that is why u see translators putting back the "wash" in brackets....
this is so because of the zabar on the laam when u read arjulakum....
if it was arjulikum (i.e. with a zer below the laam) then it wud go with the order of rubbing alongwith the heads....
now go and do some more research on arabic grammar....
P.S its not imam abu hanifa (ra) who gave the fatwa of washing the feet...
the sahaba and ppl before abu hanifa (ra) and other imams all wash their feet, as they have been reported was the act of the Prophet (saw)....
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
^ even the malikis wash their feet....
dont bring on false reports....
and the grammar thing holds very true....
go look for someone who really knows arabic grammar rule and perhaps he'll tell u why the "arjulakum" does not go with the order of rubbing....
it wud perhaps be good to mention that some shiaas say that the actual word is arjulikum and not arjulakum (hence making it fit for the order of rubbing) but they commit a big crime of unknowingly suggesting that Quran has been altered....
also not that a similar explantion has been given by ibn kathir in his tafseer....
do u think he was a wahabi too????
if yes, then i am sorry to have wasted my time arguing with a joker....
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
The Aar'abs were put by Hazrat Usman according to the way Quran was read by our prophet & Sahabas. If any one had a doubt about zair or zabar, Did he ask?
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
Then in that case issue of zayr & zabar is also questionable as we are fighting on something decided much later after reavealation of Quran. Than why are we blaming those shias for making ammendment in Quran while they are just questioning some thing which was decided much later after prophet.
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
^Zayr Zabar were put later to help non-arabs to easily read the language. But Quran has been recited over&over thru centuries.
People used to read the same Quran, with same "sound" throughout history of Islam. And all hadith among sunnies to best of my knowledge mention washing of feet by Rasoolullaah saw. I remember reading a Hadith narrated by Hz Othman Ghani ra, who described how Prophet saw used to do wudu and he describes washing of feet. All 4 schools of thought agree on washing the feet.
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
L0L, there is a big difference, as the brother Iconoclast said, they were put so non-Arabs could pronounce the words correctly, as zair/zabar also sometimes used in other languages. What Shias say is differenet, according to them, present Quran is not the complete Quran and their hidden Imam has the real Quran. They accuse Sahabas of making changes in the Quran.
Re: Wisdom of Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayh)
*Abu Hamid Ghazali in his book Manqul fi Ilmi'l-Usul says: *"In fact Abu Hanifa distorted the religious code, made its way doubtful, changed its arrangement, and intermingled the laws in such a way that the code prescribed by the Holy Prophet was totally disfigured. One who does so deliberately and considers it lawful is an infidel. One who does it knowing it to be unlawful is a sinner." According to this great scholar, Abu Hanifa was either an infidel or a sinner. Many other books condemn Abu Hanifa. Jarullah Zamakhshari, the author of Tafsir-e-Kashshaf and one of your pious ulema, writes in Rabiu'l-Abrar that Yusuf Bin Asbat said: "Abu Hanifa rejected at least 400 hadith of the Prophet of Islam." Yusuf remarked that "Abu Hanifa said: 'Had the Prophet of Islam known me, he would have accepted many of my sayings.'"
Your own ulema have made similar criticisms of Abu Hanifa and the other three Imams. They can be found in Ghazali's Mutahawwal, Shafi'i's Nuqtu'sh-Sharifa, Zamakhshari's Rabiu'l-Abrar, and Ibn Jauzi's Muntazim. Imam Ghazali says in his Mutahawwal, "There are many mistakes in Abu Hanifa's work. He had no knowledge of etymology, grammar, or hadith." He also writes, "Since he had no knowledge of hadith, he relied on his own conjecture. The first being who acted on conjecture was Satan."
Ibn Jauzi writes in his Muntazim, "All the ulema are united in condemning Abu Hanifa. There are three categories of such critics: one group holds that his faith in the fundamentals of Islam was uncertain; another says that he lacked a strong memory and could not remember hadith; a third believes that he acted on conjecture and that his opinion was always at variance with the true hadith."
Your own ulema have criticized your Imams. The Shia ulema have not attributed anything to them except what your own ulema have said about them. On the other hand, there is no difference of opinion among the Shia ulema concerning the position of the twelve Imams. We regard the holy imams as the pupils of the same teaching. These Imams - all of them - acted according to divine laws which the last of the Prophets gave them. They never acted on conjecture or approved of innovations. What they said or did agreed with the sayings of the Prophet. Hence, there was no difference among them.
Imam Shafi'i said: "There never was born a more damned person in Islam than Abu Hanifa." He also said: "I looked into the books of the companions of Abu Hanifa, and I found in them 130 pages containing matter in opposition to the Holy Qur'an and the Sunna."