The Difference Between the Technical and Personal Madhhab
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : He mentions here that Ahmad and the three [other Imams] all said that if water is submerged, it is purifying. How is the madhhab related to Ahmad?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : How can he say, "I am Ahmad"?
The Shaykh : We have mentioned this, my brother, several times. When the madhhab of so-and-so is mentioned, it may refer to the technical madhhab or the personal one. For example, Imam Ahmad’s personal view is one thing, and what his followers have agreed upon is another.
The questioner : His followers do not base their rulings on one of the narrations.
The Shaykh : But how?
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : No, there is no doubt that this is a narration.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : How can he say, "I am Ahmad"?
The Shaykh : We have mentioned this, my brother, several times. When the madhhab of so-and-so is mentioned, it may refer to the technical madhhab or the personal one. For example, Imam Ahmad’s personal view is one thing, and what his followers have agreed upon is another.
The questioner : His followers do not base their rulings on one of the narrations.
The Shaykh : But how?
The questioner : Thank you.
The Shaykh : No, there is no doubt that this is a narration.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 50كيف نقول أن الماء الذي غمست فيه اليد طاهر...📔 الشرح الممتع على زاد المستقنع - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.