Summarised and Translated Abu Hibban and Abu Khuzaimah Ansari A general point: What is taqlid? Imam Ibn Abdul Barr and Imam Ibn al-Qayyim quote Abu Abdullah b. Khawaz Mandad saying, ‘Taqlid in the shariah is to turn to the saying of someone without proof and this is impermissible in the …
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by Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Imām Abū Muṣʿab Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr az-Zuhrī (d.242H) He was the pioneering Imām of the Ahl al-Ḥadīth and Ahl al-Sunnah. Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī introduces him as ‘al-Imām al-Faqih’ – The leader and Jurist, the Madanī, from the formidable and versatile scholars and the Shaykh of …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Contents Who Initially Coined this Phrase? Abu’l Abbas b. al-Arif Abi’l Abbas Shams al-Din Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Bakr b. Khallikan (d.681H) Abu’l Abbas b. al-Arif (d.536H) was a Sufi Worshipper Who Didn’t Even Meet …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Alhamdullilahi Rabbil A’lamin, Wasalatu Wasalam Ala Rasoolillahil Karim, Wa, Ba’d Contents & Questions [1] Im interested in the statement that madhabs were enforced due to partisanship and not due to scholarly foresight or decision, can i gain further information …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Hibbaan & Abu Khuzaimah Ansaari Alhamdullilahi Rabbil A’lamin, Wasalatu Wasalam Ala Rasoolillahil Karim, Wa, Ba’d 5) How can a layperson tell which hadith is weak and which is strong without blindfollowing? ANSWER Part 10 This is indeed a very strange way of trying …
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