The Ruling on Following a School of Jurisprudence for the Student of Knowledge and the Difference Between It and the Hadith Scholar
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it obligatory for the student of knowledge to follow a specific school of jurisprudence? And what is the difference between the one who follows a school and the hadith scholar who does not affiliate himself with a specific school in his practice, but rather acts based on evidence and following the Sunnah?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. The one who has reached the rank of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and is qualified for ijtihad does not want to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence. This is like the four Imams, Shaykh al-Islam in the religion, and the Imams who qualified themselves for ijtihad. These people are not permitted to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence, as they have the ability to search for the truth and know the truth.
The second group has some knowledge but does not have the mastery that enables them to perform absolute ijtihad. So these people perform ijtihad within the school they affiliate with. The Hanbali performs ijtihad in the school of the Hanbalis and takes with him the stronger position of the Shafi'i, likewise the Hanafi and the Maliki.
regarding their rulings, but he presents them to the evidence and determines the stronger position. Is he called the mujtahid of the school? And the first one is called the absolute mujtahid. The third is the layperson and the beginner who knows nothing. He is required to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence. He asks the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:43] Because if he does not follow a scholar without knowing his evidence, what he has of knowledge is lost; he does not have knowledge to determine the stronger position, nor does he have knowledge to perform absolute ijtihad. So he asks the people of knowledge and takes what they tell him, but he does not ask just anyone; he asks the one he trusts in his knowledge and his religion. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, is it obligatory for the student of knowledge to follow a specific school of jurisprudence? And what is the difference between the one who follows a school and the hadith scholar who does not affiliate himself with a specific school in his practice, but rather acts based on evidence and following the Sunnah?
Answer:
There is a distinction here. The one who has reached the rank of ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and is qualified for ijtihad does not want to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence. This is like the four Imams, Shaykh al-Islam in the religion, and the Imams who qualified themselves for ijtihad. These people are not permitted to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence, as they have the ability to search for the truth and know the truth.
The second group has some knowledge but does not have the mastery that enables them to perform absolute ijtihad. So these people perform ijtihad within the school they affiliate with. The Hanbali performs ijtihad in the school of the Hanbalis and takes with him the stronger position of the Shafi'i, likewise the Hanafi and the Maliki.
regarding their rulings, but he presents them to the evidence and determines the stronger position. Is he called the mujtahid of the school? And the first one is called the absolute mujtahid. The third is the layperson and the beginner who knows nothing. He is required to follow a scholar without knowing his evidence. He asks the people of knowledge. Allah the Exalted said:
So ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، فصل : في تلاعب المكفرين لأهل السنة والإيمان بالدين كتلاعب الصبيان — islamhouse.com (1:08:56)
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