If Imam Ahmad has two narrations, one of which is recorded and followed by his companions, and the other is barely known, am I following the school of jurisprudence?
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The Shaykh : If Imam Ahmad has two narrations, one of which is recorded and followed by his companions, and the other is barely known, am I following the school of jurisprudence? The answer to this is that we say the school of Imam Ahmad and the other imams consists of two types: the technical school and the personal school. You are following him personally if you adopt one of the narrations reported from him, but you are not following the technical school if it contradicts the technical position. The technical school sometimes includes positions where Imam Ahmad explicitly stated that he retracted them and that he does not hold them, but each group of followers of the schools of jurisprudence has a method they follow.
The Shaykh : If Imam Ahmad has two narrations, one of which is recorded and followed by his companions, and the other is barely known, am I following the school of jurisprudence? The answer to this is that we say the school of Imam Ahmad and the other imams consists of two types: the technical school and the personal school. You are following him personally if you adopt one of the narrations reported from him, but you are not following the technical school if it contradicts the technical position. The technical school sometimes includes positions where Imam Ahmad explicitly stated that he retracted them and that he does not hold them, but each group of followers of the schools of jurisprudence has a method they follow.