[This is a slight elaboration on the hypothetical situation whether a muqallid should look for daleel. In this brief reply we produce evidence to show the methodology of the Prophet Sallalahu Alayhi Wasallam was to give more information and knowledge to a questioner.] باب مَنْ أَجَابَ السَّائِلَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا سَأَلَه …
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Compiled, Translated and Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari This fatwa of the great Ahl al-Hadith Shaykh, Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan shows the methodology of the Ahl a-Hadith. He clarifies mixing and sitting with people who hold such belief and ideas, let alone cooperating with them. And if Shaykh Nawab Siddiq …
Read More »Becoming a Mujtahid After Reading a Few Books – Shaykh Muhammad Abdul Jalil Samrudi (1393H)
Compiled, Translated & Annotated Abu Khuzaimah Ansari The Muqallidin argue, “These people read a few books here and there and they think they have become Mujtahids of the era.” Shaykh Abdul Jalil Samrudi (d.1393H) Rahimahullah, answers and says, This is an old sickness of the muqallidin which they employ due …
Read More »The One Who Has Studied a Madhhab
Someone Who Has Excelled in Studying a Madhhab Such that He Has Memorised It and Bases His Answers on it Alone is Not Called a Scholar but a Muqallid–So What of Someone Who Has Studied Nothing At All? Questioner: A questioner is asking saying, ‘A Muslim who has memorised one of …
Read More »Shaikh Shah Waliullahs Dehlawi’s (1176H) Inclination in Fiqh and his Hanafiyyah – al-Allamah Shaikh Muhammad Ismaeel Salafi (1378H)
Shaikh Shah Waliullahs Dehlawi’s (1176H) Inclination in Fiqh and his Hanafiyyah al-Allamah Shaikh Muhammad Ismaeel Salafi (1378H) Compiled and Translated Abu Hibban & Abu Khuzaimah Ansari Shaikh Shah Waliullah and those who were upon his way did not want to staunchly restrict themselves to any one school of thought …
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