What was the school of al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him)?
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Question:
He asks: Is this statement correct, that al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) was on the school of the Zaydiyyah?
Answer:
Al-Shawkani was a hadith scholar on the methodology of the hadith scholars. He, along with Shaykh al-San'ani and al-Maghribi, were all hadith scholars through whom Allah brought benefit and who spread the Sunnah. We do not know that he was a Zaydi. Where is the Zaydiyyah that al-Shawkani had? Yes.
He asks: Is this statement correct, that al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) was on the school of the Zaydiyyah?
Answer:
Al-Shawkani was a hadith scholar on the methodology of the hadith scholars. He, along with Shaykh al-San'ani and al-Maghribi, were all hadith scholars through whom Allah brought benefit and who spread the Sunnah. We do not know that he was a Zaydi. Where is the Zaydiyyah that al-Shawkani had? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا كان مذهب الشوكاني رحمه الله ؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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