2802 What is meant by the absolute mujtahid?
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the absolute scholar-mujtahid? And did Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) reach this level?
Answer:
The absolute mujtahid is like the four Imams, al-Layth ibn Sa'd, and Sufyan al-Thawri: the Imams who are able to derive rulings from the evidence; they possess the qualification. As for those who came after them, they are mujtahids within a school: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hajar, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr. These are mujtahids within a school, not absolute mujtahids.
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by the absolute scholar-mujtahid? And did Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) reach this level?
Answer:
The absolute mujtahid is like the four Imams, al-Layth ibn Sa'd, and Sufyan al-Thawri: the Imams who are able to derive rulings from the evidence; they possess the qualification. As for those who came after them, they are mujtahids within a school: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hajar, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr. These are mujtahids within a school, not absolute mujtahids.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2665 2802 ما المراد بالمجتهد المطلق؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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