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*(Translator’s note: This article discusses the precise meaning of the word “fi” in Arabic as it applies to a particular ayah and hadith. Normally, the word “fi” is translated as “in” or “inside”. However, this translation is inaccurate when applied to those specific texts. For that reason, I have chosen …

This is old speech from some of the People of Innovation (Ahlul Bid’ah). The famous Ahlul Hadeeth scholar, as-San’aanee has mentioned in his book Irshaadun-Nuqqad Ilaa-Ijtihaad from some of the People of Innovation who said “You forbid from blind following and yet you blind follow Yahyaa Ibn Ma’een, so if …

Allaamah Muhibullaah Shaah Raashidee Sindhee- On 786 and teaching The Sunnah to The Deobandee Shaikh Justice Muhammad Taqee Uthmani (Bearing in mind Shaikh Taqee Uthmani authored the legal status in following a madhab) al-Allaamah ash-Shaikh Muhibullaah Shaah Raashidee said, Once Maulana Muhammad Taqee Uthmani wrote a letter to me and at …

Translated, Compiled & Annotated Abu Hibban & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari I have alluded to this issue in the epilogue and I intend further clarification in this chapter. The terminologies or definition of both taqlid and Ittiba themselves highlight the differences between them. From the perspective of the Shari’ah, Ittiba is …