The Ruling on Affiliation with the Schools of Jurisprudence
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The questioner:
Allah says: Is a man’s affiliation with the school of al-Khufi? He asks: Is Ahmad ibn [al-Hanbal] or al-Shafi'i a sinner or not?
The Shaykh:
One does not affiliate with the school of any of the schools of the people of the Sunnah, but this does not mean that he takes everything in it without evidence. He takes from it what is established by the Exalted, from the words of the Imam, what is supported by evidence, and he does not take what is clear to him as a difference in evidence. Otherwise, the great Imams affiliate: Ibn Taymiyyah said he is Hanbali, Ibn Taymiyyah is Hanbali, Ibn al-Qayyim is Hanbali, Ibn Hajar is Shafi'i, al-Nawawi is Shafi'i, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr is Maliki, Ibn Khasib has no blame and no defect in it. The defect is in fanaticism, after he contradicts, the contradiction of the evidence appears. This is the defect.
Allah says: Is a man’s affiliation with the school of al-Khufi? He asks: Is Ahmad ibn [al-Hanbal] or al-Shafi'i a sinner or not?
The Shaykh:
One does not affiliate with the school of any of the schools of the people of the Sunnah, but this does not mean that he takes everything in it without evidence. He takes from it what is established by the Exalted, from the words of the Imam, what is supported by evidence, and he does not take what is clear to him as a difference in evidence. Otherwise, the great Imams affiliate: Ibn Taymiyyah said he is Hanbali, Ibn Taymiyyah is Hanbali, Ibn al-Qayyim is Hanbali, Ibn Hajar is Shafi'i, al-Nawawi is Shafi'i, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr is Maliki, Ibn Khasib has no blame and no defect in it. The defect is in fanaticism, after he contradicts, the contradiction of the evidence appears. This is the defect.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : إلا إذا عاندتم ورددتم قول الرسول لأجل قول فلان — islamhouse.com (32:07)
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