What is the relationship between the science of hadith and fiqh, and is it obligatory for a hadith scholar to be a jurist?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding the connection between the science of hadith terminology and the science of fiqh, is it necessary for a hadith scholar to be a jurist, or can a hadith scholar focus on this science alone? What is the relationship between the science of fiqh and the science of hadith terminology? Is it obligatory for a hadith scholar to be a jurist, or can he be a hadith scholar only?
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for a jurist to be a hadith scholar, but it is not obligatory for a hadith scholar to be a jurist; because a hadith scholar is a jurist by nature. Did the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) study fiqh or not?
The questioner : They studied it.
The Shaykh : And what was the fiqh that they studied?
The questioner : What they took from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : So they study hadith?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then?
The questioner : Meaning, hadith is fiqh by nature. Good, why?
The Shaykh : This is what we said. As for those jurists who study the statements of scholars and their fiqh, but do not study the hadith of their Prophet, which is the source of fiqh, it is said that they must study the science of hadith. We do not imagine correct fiqh without knowledge of hadith, in terms of memorization, authentication, and identifying weakness. However, we do not imagine a hadith scholar who is not a jurist, just as we do not imagine a Companion like Abu Hurayrah who narrated hadiths from the Messenger (peace be upon him), and yet we say about him that he is ignorant and not a jurist! That is imagination. Therefore, the Qur'an and the Sunnah are the source of fiqh, all of fiqh. As for the usual fiqh today, it is the fiqh of scholars, and not the fiqh of the Book and the Sunnah. Some of it is found in the Book and the Sunnah, and some of it consists of the opinions and independent legal reasoning of their owners, who are famous. But in much of it, they contradicted the hadith because they did not have comprehensive knowledge of it. I am now considering this rule, so I will move to my car, and perhaps we will try another step to know what afflicted the group with this delay...
The Shaykh : It is obligatory for a jurist to be a hadith scholar, but it is not obligatory for a hadith scholar to be a jurist; because a hadith scholar is a jurist by nature. Did the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) study fiqh or not?
The questioner : They studied it.
The Shaykh : And what was the fiqh that they studied?
The questioner : What they took from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : So they study hadith?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Then?
The questioner : Meaning, hadith is fiqh by nature. Good, why?
The Shaykh : This is what we said. As for those jurists who study the statements of scholars and their fiqh, but do not study the hadith of their Prophet, which is the source of fiqh, it is said that they must study the science of hadith. We do not imagine correct fiqh without knowledge of hadith, in terms of memorization, authentication, and identifying weakness. However, we do not imagine a hadith scholar who is not a jurist, just as we do not imagine a Companion like Abu Hurayrah who narrated hadiths from the Messenger (peace be upon him), and yet we say about him that he is ignorant and not a jurist! That is imagination. Therefore, the Qur'an and the Sunnah are the source of fiqh, all of fiqh. As for the usual fiqh today, it is the fiqh of scholars, and not the fiqh of the Book and the Sunnah. Some of it is found in the Book and the Sunnah, and some of it consists of the opinions and independent legal reasoning of their owners, who are famous. But in much of it, they contradicted the hadith because they did not have comprehensive knowledge of it. I am now considering this rule, so I will move to my car, and perhaps we will try another step to know what afflicted the group with this delay...
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