What is the ruling on the common people following the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of jurisprudence?
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Question:
A questioner says: Some people in our country say that it is not permissible to study Islamic jurisprudence, and that it is not permissible for the common people to follow the schools of Abu Hanifa and al-Shafi'i, on the evidence that their later scholars are Ash'aris and Maturidis. Is this correct?
Answer:
They follow them in Islamic jurisprudence, but in creed they do not follow the Ash'aris or the Maturidis; they follow the people of the Sunnah and the community. As for Islamic jurisprudence, they follow the school of Abu Hanifa, or the school of Malik, or al-Shafi'i, or Ahmad.
A questioner says: Some people in our country say that it is not permissible to study Islamic jurisprudence, and that it is not permissible for the common people to follow the schools of Abu Hanifa and al-Shafi'i, on the evidence that their later scholars are Ash'aris and Maturidis. Is this correct?
Answer:
They follow them in Islamic jurisprudence, but in creed they do not follow the Ash'aris or the Maturidis; they follow the people of the Sunnah and the community. As for Islamic jurisprudence, they follow the school of Abu Hanifa, or the school of Malik, or al-Shafi'i, or Ahmad.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تقليد العوام لمذهبي الحنيفية والشافعية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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