Abu Hafsa
19th March 2007, 02:16 PM
And Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allāh be merciful to him, said, "And is it necessary upon the general person to take one of the known schools of thought (Mathāhib) as a school of thought, or not?
There are two schools of thought concerning this. One of the two is that it is not necessary for him, and it is the correct (opinion), about which there is certainty, as there is nothing obligatory except that which Allāh and His Messenger obligated, and Allāh and His Messenger did not obligate upon anyone from the people to take as a Math'hab the Math'hab of a man from the Ummah, by him entrusting his religion to him and no other. And the virtuous generations have elapsed free, and its people free, from this attribution. Rather, a school of thought (Mathāhib) is not valid for the general person even if he follows one, as the general person even if he takes it as a Math'hab, as the general person has no Math'hab, because a Math'hab is only for someone who has some sort of insight and way of using it as evidence, while being sure sighted in the Math'habs." – until he said, "And it is not necessary upon anyone at all to take the Math'hab of a man from the Ummah as a Math'hab, in that he takes all of his sayings and leaves the sayings of other than him. And it is a disgraceful Bid'ah which was innovated in the Ummah, which no one from the Imāms of Islām ordered, and they were at a higher level, a greater value and more knowledgeable about Allāh and His Messenger, than to hold that upon the people."
And Ibn Al-Qayyim also said, "And upon this, then it is (allowed) for him – in other words, the general person – to seek a Fatwā from whomever he wishes from the followers of the four Imāms and other than them. And it is not obligatory upon him, nor upon the Muftī to restrict himself to anyone from the four Imāms, according to the consensus of the Ummah, just as it is not obligatory upon the scholar to restrict himself to the Hadīths of the people of his country or other than it from the countries. Rather, if the Hadīth is authentic, then it is obligatory upon him to act upon it."
I'lām Al-Muwaqqi'īn", Vol. 4/262-263
Source: Taqlīd of a Math'hab is permissible but it is not obligatory upon all, Taken from the book from at-Tibyan: "The Fundamentals of Holding Steadfast to the Book and the Sunnah", by Imām 'Abdul-Qādir Ibn 'Abdil-'Azīz.
There are two schools of thought concerning this. One of the two is that it is not necessary for him, and it is the correct (opinion), about which there is certainty, as there is nothing obligatory except that which Allāh and His Messenger obligated, and Allāh and His Messenger did not obligate upon anyone from the people to take as a Math'hab the Math'hab of a man from the Ummah, by him entrusting his religion to him and no other. And the virtuous generations have elapsed free, and its people free, from this attribution. Rather, a school of thought (Mathāhib) is not valid for the general person even if he follows one, as the general person even if he takes it as a Math'hab, as the general person has no Math'hab, because a Math'hab is only for someone who has some sort of insight and way of using it as evidence, while being sure sighted in the Math'habs." – until he said, "And it is not necessary upon anyone at all to take the Math'hab of a man from the Ummah as a Math'hab, in that he takes all of his sayings and leaves the sayings of other than him. And it is a disgraceful Bid'ah which was innovated in the Ummah, which no one from the Imāms of Islām ordered, and they were at a higher level, a greater value and more knowledgeable about Allāh and His Messenger, than to hold that upon the people."
And Ibn Al-Qayyim also said, "And upon this, then it is (allowed) for him – in other words, the general person – to seek a Fatwā from whomever he wishes from the followers of the four Imāms and other than them. And it is not obligatory upon him, nor upon the Muftī to restrict himself to anyone from the four Imāms, according to the consensus of the Ummah, just as it is not obligatory upon the scholar to restrict himself to the Hadīths of the people of his country or other than it from the countries. Rather, if the Hadīth is authentic, then it is obligatory upon him to act upon it."
I'lām Al-Muwaqqi'īn", Vol. 4/262-263
Source: Taqlīd of a Math'hab is permissible but it is not obligatory upon all, Taken from the book from at-Tibyan: "The Fundamentals of Holding Steadfast to the Book and the Sunnah", by Imām 'Abdul-Qādir Ibn 'Abdil-'Azīz.