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No Blind-Following
Also, every (scholar would have some of his speeches) accepted and some others rejected. وكل يؤخذ من قوله ويرد، Rabīʿ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī, Majmūʿ Kutub wa Rasāʾil wa Fatāwá 2/15 ربيع بن هادي المدخلي، مجموع كتب ورسائل وفتاوى ٢/١٥ https://archive.org/details/rabi_al-madkhali-majmu_kutub_rasail_wa-fatawa/2/page/n13/mode/1up Telegram: https://t.me/aljadwal Tumblr: https://al-jadwal.tumblr.com
Follow The Texts, Not The Imam
(al-Shāfīʿī said): Kullu mā qultu (ie: for everything I say) " كل ما قلت؛ Fakana ʿan nabi ﷺ khilafu qawlī mimma yaṣiḥḥu (ie: if there is something authentic from the Prophet ﷺ contrary to my saying) فكان عن النبي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خلاف قولي مما يصح؛ Fa-ḥadīthu ʿl-nabi ūlá (ie: then the ḥadīth of the Prophet ﷺ is given preference), فحديث النبي أولى، Falā tuqallidūnī (ie: so do not imitate or blindly follow me). فلا تقلدوني ". Ibn Abī Ḥātim (in al-Ādāb p. 93), Abū Nuʿaym, and Ibn ʿAsākir with a ṣaḥīḥ sanad. ابن أبي حاتم (ص 93)، وأبو نعيم، وابن عساكر (15/9/2) بسند صحيح. Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Aṣl Ṣifah Ṣalāh al-Nabī ṢallAllāhu ʿAlayhi Wa Sallam 1/31 #8 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، أصل صفة صلاة النبي ١/٣١ #٨ https://shamela.ws/book/9875/30 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]
Do Not Blind-Follow Anyone
And it is authentically reported that (Abū Ḥanīfah) said: قد قال فيما صح عنه: “It is not permissible for anyone to take our statements if they do not know where we got it from. "لا يحل لأحد أن يأخذ بقولنا ما لم يعلم من أين أخذناه Certainly, we are humans, we say a statement today, and retract it tomorrow.” فإننا بشر نقول القول اليوم ونرجع عنه غدا"*. Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Ādāb ʾl-Zaffāf fī ʾl-Sunnah al-Muṭahharah 1/127 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، آداب الزفاف في السنة المطهرة ١/١٢٧ https://shamela.ws/book/7494/49 Telegram: https://t.me/aljadwal Tumblr: https://al-jadwal.tumblr.com
The Reality of the Blind-Follower
And ʿAbd Allah b. Muʿtamar said: “There is no difference between an animal submitted (to its shepherd) and a person who does taqlīd.” وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ: لَا فَرْقَ بَيْنَ بَهِيمَةٍ تَنْقَادُ وَإِنْسَانٌ يُقَلِّدُ. Ibn al-Qayyim, Iʿlām al-Muwaqqʿīn ʿan Rabb al-ʿĀlamīn 2/136 ابن القيم، إعلام الموقعين عن رب العالمين ٢/١٣٦ https://shamela.ws/book/11496/435 Telegram: https://t.me/aljadwal Tumblr: https://al-jadwal.tumblr.com
Follow The Proof, Not The People
1. (Imām Aḥmad said): “Do not follow my opinion; neither follow the opinion of Mālik, nor Shāfīʿī'i, nor Awzāʿī, nor Thawrī, but take from where they took (i.e Qurʿan and Sunnah).” 1- " لا تقلدني، ولا تقلد مالكاً، ولا الشافعي، ولا الأوزاعي، ولا الثوري، وخذ من حيث أخذوا ". [al-Fulānī (p. 113) and Ibn al-Qayyim in Iʿlām (2/302) ] الفلاني، وابن القيم في " الإعلام " (2/302). And in a narration: “Do not copy your dīn (ie: religion) from anyone of these, but whatever comes from the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions, take it; next are their Successors, where a man has a choice.” وفي رواية: " لا تقلد دينك أحداً من هؤلاء، ما جاء عن النبي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وأصحابه؛ فَخُذ به، ثم التابعين بَعْدُ؛ الرجلُ فيه مخيَّر ". And he said more than once: “al-ittibāʿ (ie: following) means that a man follows what comes from the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions; after the Successors, he has a choice.” وقال مرة: " الاتِّباع: أن يتبع الرجل ما جاء عن النبي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وعن أصحابه، ثم هو من بعد التابعين مخيّر ". [Abū Dāwūd in Masāʿil of Imām Aḥmad (p. 276-277)] أبو داود في " مسائل الإمام أحمد " (ص 276 و 277). 2. “The opinion of al-Awzāʿī, the opinion of Mālik, the opinion of Abū Ḥanīfah: all of it is opinion, and it is all equal in my eyes. 2- " رأي الأوزاعي، ورأي مالك، ورأي أبي حنيفة؛ كله رأي، وهو عندي سواء، However, al-ḥujjah (ie: the proof) is in al-āthār (ie: the narrations from the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions).” وإنما الحجة في الآثار". Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in Jāmīʿ Bayān al-ʿIlm (2/149) ابن عبد البر في " الجامع " (2/149). 3. “Whoever rejects a statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is on the brink of destruction.” 3- " من رد حديث رسول الله صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؛ فهو على شفا هَلَكة ". [Ibn al-Jawzī (p. 182)] ابن الجوزي (ص 182). Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Aṣl Ṣifah Ṣalāh al-Nabī ṢallAllāhu ʿAlayhi Wa Sallam 1/32 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، أصل صفة صلاة النبي ١/٣٢ https://shamela.ws/book/9875/31 Telegram: https://t.me/aljadwal Tumblr: https://al-jadwal.tumblr.com
Shaykh al-Albānī's Shaky Relationship With His Father
al-Shaykh: So when we (ie: Shaykh al-Albānī and his father) would debate I would do so with the ḥadīth and the Sunnah, الشيخ: أيوا، فكنا نتناقش فيما أستدلُّ بالحديث والسنة، And he would say (ie: debate me with): “The maḏhab.” هو يقول: عَ المذهب، And when such research would become unbearable – and I had a lot of endurance for it, وإذا ضاق بالبحث ذرعًا وأنا طويل النفس في ذلك؛ Add to that the fact that I was a youth and he was middle-aged Shaykh (ie: an old man) لأنني كنت شابًّا وهو كان كهلًا بل شيخًا، Rather – he would say, “ʿThe science of ḥadīth is the profession of al-mafālis (ie: the bankrupt)!” فكان يقول: " علم الحديث صنعة المفاليس " - May Allah have mercy on him and forgive us and him. رحمه الله وغفر لنا وله -، Most of our time in the shop was like this: majādillah (ie: spent debating). وهكذا كان أكثر أوقاتنا في الدكان مجادلة، And by continuing to study the Sunnah and the ḥadīth the common mistakes of the people and the mashāykh of the time became clear to me. ومع الاستمرار في الدراسة في السنة والحديث تبيَّنت لي أخطاء كانت سائدة ومتحكِّمة في ذلك الوقت على الناس جميعًا وفيهم مشايخ، كنت - مثلًا - Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Tarjamah محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، ترجمة https://al-albany.com/audios/content/142454/1 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]
Prohibition of Blind-Following
And the four Imāms forbade taqlīd (ie: blind-following) of them and rebuked those who took their statements without ḥujjah (ie: evidence). وقد نهى الْأَئِمَّةُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ عن تَقْلِيدِهِمْ وَذَمُّوا من أَخَذَ أَقْوَالَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حُجَّةٍ al-Shāfīʿī said: “The one who seeks knowledge without evidence is like one who collects wood at night. He carries a load of sticks, but lying in wait is a snake who could bite him while he is unaware.” فقال الشَّافِعِيُّ مَثَلُ الذي يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ بِلَا حُجَّةٍ كَمَثَلِ حَاطِبِ لَيْلٍ يَحْمِلُ حُزْمَةَ حَطَبٍ وَفِيهِ أَفْعَى تَلْدَغُهُ وهو لَا يَدْرِي This was mentioned by al-Bayhaqī. ذَكَرَهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ. Rabīʿ b. Hādī al-Madkhalī / ربيع بن هادي المدخلي http://www.rabee.net/ar/print.php?typ=1&newsid=169 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]
Blind Following
“Taqlīd (blind following) is to take the opinion of a scholar without knowing the reason for which he said it or its meaning, and you refuse to take another opinion. Or his mistake becomes apparent to you but you still follow it due to fear of opposing him even though you know his statement is incorrect. And this is prohibited (i.e. Haram) in the religion of Allāh subḥānah wa taʿlá.” وَالتَّقْلِيدُ أَنْ تَقُولَ بِقَوْلِهِ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَعْرِفُ وَجْهَ الْقَوْلِ وَلَا مَعْنَاهُ وَتَأْبَى مَنْ سِوَاهُ، أَوْ أَنْ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكَ خَطَؤُهُ فَتَتَّبِعَهُ مَهَابَةَ خِلَافِهِ وَأَنْتَ قَدْ بَانَ لَكَ فَسَادُ قَوْلِهِ وَهَذَا مُحَرَّمٌ الْقَوْلُ بِهِ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr al-Namarī, Jāmi Bayān al-ʿIlm wa Faḍluhu 2/787 ابن عبد البر، جامع بيان العلم وفضله ٢/٧٨٧ http://shamela.ws/browse.php/book-22367/page-992 Telegram: https://t.me/ilmtest Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilmtest_ Instagram: https://instagram.com/ilmtest Facebook: https://facebook.com/ilmtest Tumblr: https://ilmtest.tumblr.com Website: https://www.ilmtest.net
