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An easy to follow thread on “madhabs” (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali)
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The madhab is a framework that governs how we implement Islamic teachings in our daily lives, each has slight differences in what is considered permissible, recommended, neutral, disliked, and impermissible
The madhab is a framework that governs how we implement Islamic teachings in our daily lives, each has slight differences in what is considered permissible, recommended, neutral, disliked, and impermissible
4 valid madhabs
Among the many, the hanafi, maliki, shafi’i, and hanbali madhabs have withstood the test of time— each indicates a distinct chain of qualified teachers to which one can connect to, with understandings that have been passed down from teacher to student
Among the many, the hanafi, maliki, shafi’i, and hanbali madhabs have withstood the test of time— each indicates a distinct chain of qualified teachers to which one can connect to, with understandings that have been passed down from teacher to student
It’s about how we approach the Qur’an and Sunnah
madhabs capture the nuance of centuries of scholarship and contextualize knowledge with this understanding
@YasirQadhi
madhabs capture the nuance of centuries of scholarship and contextualize knowledge with this understanding
@YasirQadhi
Our personal interpretation is biased
you are one human being— especially if you’re not a scholar be careful not to overestimate the weight of your opinion against the backdrop of a rigorous tradition of Islamic scholarship
@DrShadeeElmasry
you are one human being— especially if you’re not a scholar be careful not to overestimate the weight of your opinion against the backdrop of a rigorous tradition of Islamic scholarship
@DrShadeeElmasry
To summarize...
We all follow the Qur’an and Sunnah
but it takes scholarship to properly understand and speak on these subjects
but it takes scholarship to properly understand and speak on these subjects
The beautiful example of Imam Malik
@SeekersGuidance
@SeekersGuidance
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